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Playing with Fire: An Immersive Odyssey with Yuja Wang

Playing with Fire: An Immersive Odyssey with Yuja Wang

Synopsis

Playing with Fire introduces audiences to an intimate virtual performance by Yuja Wang, inviting guests to witness the physical and mental act of performance through repertoire personally selected by Yuja, ranging from Bach and Chopin to Debussy, Prokofiev and Stravinsky. From this repertoire, writer and director Pierre-Alain Giraud has crafted a narrative and created transformative visual and musical worlds in collaboration with artist Gabríela Friðriksdóttir.
At the center of the space, both real and virtual, is a Steinway & Sons Spirio concert grand piano, which acts as the bridge between the concert hall and the artist’s inner visions. The Spirio system—an advanced self-playing technology that can precisely record and reproduce the keystrokes of live performances—recreates Yuja’s virtuosity on the physical instrument in real time, synchronised with the holographic fingers of her virtual self.

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
XR / Immersive
Running time
40 min
Format
Mixed reality location-based experience
Director
Pierre-Alain Giraud
Producer
VIVE Arts, Atlas V
Co-Producer
Atlas V
Executive Producer
VIVE Arts
Production Designer
Laurence Fontaine
Sound
Nicolas Becker, Antoine Martin
Composer
Various
Principal cast
Yuja Wang
Other Lead Creative(s)
Pierre-Alain Giraud, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir
Technical team
Studio Albyon

Production Status

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