Brahms Concert Uses AI to Bring Audience Emotions on Stage
A Madrid Brahms concert will use AI to process nearly 1,000 audience members’ live responses into a collective reaction reflected on stage.
Nearly 1,000 concertgoers will become part of a live AI experiment in Madrid on October 3 2026 with their responses helping shape an onstage experience.
The event at Teatro Monumental tonight pairs audience participation with a performance of Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 4.
Around 60 musicians from the Reina Sofía School of Music will perform under conductor Josep Pons. Alongside the orchestra, artificial intelligence will process answers submitted by audience members on their phones.
The interaction will begin during the presenter’s introduction to the work, when attendees will be asked a series of live questions. Their answers will be collected simultaneously and processed into a collective response that will be reflected on stage.
Exactly how that response will appear remains a surprise until the event begins. The questions and the form of the resulting stage presentation have not been revealed in advance.
The project gives listeners a way to contribute their own feelings to the concert experience. Their individual answers will feed into a shared expression of the audience’s reaction, bringing the people in the seats into the performance itself.
