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Jazz AI Lounge2026
A festival lounge where jazz musicians and AI share one stage — an AI pianist that follows the score and an AI rhythm section that answers improvisation
Year
- 2026
Format
- AI performance · 3 days live
Venue
- 23rd Jarasum Jazz Festival, Gapyeong
With
- KAIST MACLab · Studio Meta K
My role
- Performance session — generated the AI pianist's hand motion for every piece with Tipiano
- Improvisation session — improvised live through Deepocket with three pianists (Jimindorothy, Hyunvin An, Lee Ji-young)
An AI lounge set up by the KAIST Music and Audio Computing Lab at the 23rd Jarasum Jazz Festival. In the performance session, the AI pianist 'Scott' followed rehearsed pieces by score following and took over on a Disklavier, while Scott on the stage screen played with generated hand motion. In the improvisation session, Deepocket analyzed the pianist's playing in real time with no rehearsal and generated bass and drums. Two modes of collaboration—AI taking over and AI answering—ran for three days on an outdoor stage.
Video
Festival highlight video4:27Edited by Studio Meta K · Courtesy of KAIST MACLabOpen in Google Drivedrive.google.com/file/d/1ledUFdBgLGjtoTHfhVy-1KR_Q-15Sq8o
Scott, the AI pianist
On the stage screen, Scott plays with generated hand motion. Score following lets him track the musicians and take over the piano part, which sounds from a Disklavier on stage.
My rolePerformance session — generated the AI pianist's hand motion for every piece with Tipiano
A Disklavier beside the band
Sharing the stage with guitar and bass, a Disklavier turns the AI's playing into acoustic piano sound.
Behind the stage
From a console beside the stage, the team ran both sessions' systems live. In the improvisation session, Deepocket analyzed the pianist in real time, with no rehearsal, and generated bass and drums.
My roleImprovisation session — improvised live through Deepocket with three pianists (Jimindorothy, Hyunvin An, Lee Ji-young)
Three days on Jarasum
Performances continued on the outdoor stage across the three festival days.
Details
Caption
- KAIST Music and Audio Computing Lab, <Jazz AI Lounge>, 2026, AI performance
Performed at
23rd Jarasum Jazz Festival, Jarasum Island, Gapyeong, Republic of Korea (Oct. 9-11, 2026)
Links
Official online program book (p. 28) — sites.google.com/view/jarasumjazzfestival2026
Video
- Festival highlight video (4:27) — Edited by Studio Meta K · Courtesy of KAIST MACLab
Credits
- Technology & operation: KAIST Music and Audio Computing Lab · Video & AR direction: Studio Meta K
Photos
- Photos: courtesy of Jarasum Jazz Festival, ⓒShin-joong Kim
Keywords
- AI PianistScore FollowingImprovised AccompanimentHand Motion GenerationJazz
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