In a groundbreaking mixture of art and technology, SHSU Associate Professor of Mathematics Martin Malandro revolutionized classical music composition with an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted software that played a pivotal role in creating the world’s first AI-assisted opera, “Andromeda.” This historic event, part of Vilnius, Lithuania’s 700th-anniversary celebrations, showcased the immense potential of AI as a co-creative tool in music making and composition.
Malandro, who described himself an amateur composer with a smile on his face, introduced the AI-music software, which was trained exclusively on copyright-free and permissively licensed music, designed to boost the creative process.
Released as open source, Malandro’s model remains accessible to anyone who wants to use it, providing composers with a unique tool for inspiration without jeopardizing the human element of performance.
Malandro’s journey into the realm of AI and music was a combination of his passions and expertise from different aspects of his life and career at Sam Houston.
