Michael Wollny

While they are stuck in the elevator, three employees of a TV station tell each other stories about supernatural phenomena. They tell of the “dream girlfriend” of a 16-year-old girl who fell victim to a crime 33 years ago; of a bully who turns out to be an alien; and of a comic artist who falls victim to his mirror doppelganger.

Can AI play music like a human being? Can it improvise or perform complicated music with sensitivity and style? This documentary explores what happens when machines simulate creativity with two pianists, Kit Armstrong and Michael Wollny, who are both undertaking research with artificial intelligence.

Joachim Kühn and Michael Wollnyse perform as a duo at the Leipzig Opera. Their first four-handed encounter was back in 2008 and resulted in the album Piano Works IX: Live At SchlossElmau. Fifteen years later in 2023, a new opus entitled DUO, also recorded live, sealed the reunion of these two giants of European jazz piano. The specialist press in Germany were gushing in their praise, calling it ‘the concert of the century’.