Recap: Polifonia versus Sónar 2023!
Last weekend, Polifonia was part of Sonár festival Barcelona. Max Tiel from our consortium partner Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision, gave a presentation on the insights of the Polifonia project.
Last weekend, Polifonia was part of Sonár festival Barcelona. Max Tiel from our consortium partner Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision, gave a presentation on the insights of the Polifonia project.
AI: a booming topic in music industry
The session was part of the Sónar+D programme and featured three projects to display the effect of AI on the music industry. Together with Thunderboom Records and ESMUC, Polifonia displayed the importance of investigating creative uses of AI in the music industry, the opportunities in using heritage materials and the possibilities that human-AI collaborations can provide.
There was a lot of attention for AI and robotics this year at Sonár festival. Many talks and panels touched upon the possibilities of creative algorithms for musicians and in the project area, lots of experimental instruments and tools were presented using AI. The topic is booming within the music industry and Polifonia is in the center of all these developments.
Open mic session at Sónar+D
Sónar+D is where music, creativity, and technology come together in the heart of Barcelona. This year’s Sónar by Day included over 70 activities – live shows, DJ sets, talks, open mic sessions, installations, and more. During the open mic presentation by Polifonia, there was special emphasis on the phase the project has now entered: the demos and early adopters phase. Potential new early adopters were encouraged to test the demos and consider using Polifonia technology.
Early adopters
The Polifonia project is full of valuable AI and music research and prototypes. And the goal is to showcase these developments to the outside world and continue our work with partners outside the project.
Would you like to know more about this treasure chest of AI and music? If so, check out our demo section and don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Recent News
Polifonia recently released results of 40 months of research and development at the intersection of musicology, semantic web technologies, AI and Music Information Retrieval. And the Polifonia Web Portal, which enhances the discoverability of European musical heritage with Linked Open Data and Knowledge Graphs, can now be explored.
Polifonia recently released results of 40 months of research and development at the intersection of…
With a strong base in academia, the Polifonia team looks forward to the conference season every year. One of the highlights is the Extended Semantic Web Conference. In this article, a brief review of our participation in this conference and update on our paper output.
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From the beginning of the project, Podiumkunst.net and Polifonia have been in close contact and looked to each other as role models. Our stakeholder Podiumkunst.net reflects on this synergy with a positive outlook. Remco de Boer and Monique in het Veld on the importance of the collaboration and the impact.
From the beginning of the project, Podiumkunst.net and Polifonia have been in close contact and looked…
TONALITIES, IReMus’ pilot for musical heritage data project Polifonia, develops tools for the modal-tonal identification, exploration and classification of monophonic and polyphonic notated music from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Now, the tools are available for use within the TONALITIES Interface for music analysis. Additionally, a patent was recently acquired for this collaborative interface by the IReMus lab.
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From April 8 to May 6 Polifonia organised their own version of the Eurovision Song Contest, the Polifonia Song Contest: musicians of all levels were challenged to create the ‘soundtrack of our history’ by using samples from the rich collections in the Polifonia project. Today we can announce the winning song.
From April 8 to May 6 Polifonia organised their own version of the Eurovision Song Contest, the Polifonia…
After four years of development work, the Polifonia project team is excited to present the results. The consortium, consisting of 10 partners from Italy, the Netherlands, France, England and Ireland launches the music discoverability platform ‘Polifonia Web Portal’. In addition, the researchers and developers have also unlocked and linked other music data, developed tools and software that will help musicologists take steps forward in their research on European musical heritage.
After four years of development work, the Polifonia project team is excited to present the results.…
The Polifonia project formally ended on April 30, which means that the tools and software developed within this 4-year-project are released and ready for use. Today we look at ‘Patterns UI’.
The Polifonia project formally ended on April 30, which means that the tools and software developed…
Polifonia Song Contest is two weeks in, and will continue for another two weeks. Have you downloaded the sample pack yet?
With two weeks to go until the deadline, the "Polifonia Song Contest" beckons all musicians who find…
Are you the type of musician that is inspired by old sounds, such as cheerful Irish folk melodies, the majestic resonance of pipe organ concerts, and the timeless chimes echoing from century-old Italian bell towers? Then ‘Polifonia Song Contest’ is your challenge!
Are you the type of musician that is inspired by old sounds, such as cheerful Irish folk melodies, the…
The consortium is preparing for the last face-to-face consortium meeting of the Polifonia project in April 2024.
The consortium is preparing for the last face-to-face consortium meeting of the Polifonia project in…
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N. 101004746