Research Performance 2026 Approx. 10 min
Modular Piano is a performance and artistic research project exploring how an acoustic piano and a modular synthesizer can perform as one musical organism through real-time interaction.

Project
Rather than treating the piano and modular synthesizer as separate instruments, Modular Piano explores how they can listen, respond, and exchange musical roles. Using pitch tracking, gesture analysis, and control voltage, the piano influences an independent electronic voice that reacts in real time. Instead of processing the piano’s sound, the system listens before responding.
Full Performance
Research Journey
Grand Piano
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Contact Microphone
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Pitch Analysis
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Max / FluCoMa
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Control Voltage
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Modular Synthesizer
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Electronic Response
Musical Interaction
Touch
Electronic responses change with touch.
Dynamics
Louder and softer gestures reshape electronic behaviour.
Pedal
Resonance influences how the system listens.
Improvisation
The piano and synthesizer continuously exchange musical roles.
Studio Journal
Research Archive
For those interested in the complete artistic research, additional documentation, technical material, and development resources are available below.
Credits
Role
Lengleng
Composition/Performance/Research/System Design
Special Thanks
Tatiana Nunes Rosa, Igor C. Silva, Marcel Wierckx, Tony Roe, Jos Zwaanenburg, Lauran Nygren, Michael Ott, Merlin Jones
Previous Work
Mould-it!
Next Work
SEAMS
Lengleng
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