Pitch-Up: The Piano and the Flightsimulator 2.0
This is your pianist speakingIn 2013-2015 Intro in Situ developed The Piano and the Flight Simulator. In this performance, Ralph van Raat controlled a flight simulator via his grand piano, to a composition by Florian Magnus Maier. The technology of this interactive music production was in the hands of music technologist Thomas Rutgers. More than ten sold-out performances were played.
We now live 10 years later and technology has developed enormously, both the musical technology and the flight simulators, as well as the flying skills of Ralph, who has obtained licenses in recent years.
In Pitch-Up! - The Piano and the Flightsimulator 2.0 - the notes of concert pianist and pilot Ralph van Raat are the commands for controlling an aeroplane. A new production is being developed with these familiar ingredients, with newly written compositions by Aart Strootman and Heather Pinkham, text by screenwriter Dirk van Pelt and new technology from Creative Coding Utrecht.
Pitch-Up is expected to premiere in 2025!