Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Sat, May 16 2026 7:30 PM


Clara Yang : Ex Machina
(piano and projected media)

Centered around the piano—a machine of sound and expression—it reflects on how technology shapes both artistic experience and human identity. The project invites audiences to rethink the boundaries between human and machine, using music to explore the machine as both an artistic medium and a philosophical idea.

Visual art for Ex Machina was created by acclaimed new media artist Xuan. Renowned composers Philip Glass, Reena Esmail and Christopher Cerrone’s ground breaking works are presented alongside innovative commissioned works by Liliya Ugay, Allen Anderson, Stephen Anderson, Lee Weisert, and Phil Young, and Clara Yang. One of America’s top rock guitarists Yvette Young and Clara Yang created a new work titled Conception, vividly portraying the emergence of AI consciousness.

https://dresherensemble.org/event/clara-yang-ex-machina-piano-and-projected-media/