The IMPROVISED CONCERTO

In SOUND SYSTEMS: THE FUTURE OF THE ORCHESTRA

EDITED BY ALEX LAING, JOEY ESCHRICH, AND ED FINN

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY / CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE IMAGINATION

2025

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Abstract

What would it look, sound, and feel like for a soloist and an orchestra to improvise through the entirety of a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto—or any concerto—and what would be the point?