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ABEMA Documentary Year-end program “ANDROID OPERA”

Program:ABEMA News
Dates:December 30th, 2023 3:30 PM~
URL:https://abema.tv/channels/abema-news/slots/8u5HVx2Au9bh2P
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Overview
An unprecedented opera starring an android. Follows the world challenge of musician Keiichiro Shibuya, who continues to create new music using the latest technology such as AI.
ABEMA Documentary” is ABEMANews’ unique documentary program. This time, we follow the world of Keiichiro Shibuya, a musician who continues to create cutting-edge works using the latest technology, including AI, and the upcoming Paris performance of an opera starring an android singing AI lyrics. The performers on this stage created by Shibuya will be Buddhist monks who sing the 1,200-year-old Buddhist music “shomyo. Will the unprecedented performance be a success despite unexpected problems? The film also covers Shibuya’s “new frontier” afterwards, and looks into the world of music using the latest technology he is aiming for.

Cast
Shibuya Keiichiro (Musician)
Eizen Fujiwara (Koya Shomyo)
Shintaro Imai (computer musician)
and others

Staff
TV Asahi, FLEX