Ivo Pogorelich: “Machines Have No Talent” | Music and Technology Reflection (1987)

Ivo Pogorelich: “Machines Have No Talent”

These were the words of this brilliant pianist in the Spanish newspaper El País on January 27, 1987.

“We are at the end of a millennium, and it is we performers who can make it clear that machines do not contain all the answers. When we confront a work, we offer our own vision. For us, interpretation is about seeking the meaning of things, giving our own reading of life. That is where our power lies in the face of technology. Machines have no talent.”

What a pleasure it is to discover the reflections of this extraordinary pianist!

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