Music / sound / systems
Works
Selected recent compositions, installations and performance systems. Additional recordings and videos are available on YouTube.
Recent work
2026 · Interactive installation
The Necessary Prediction of the Unpredictable: A Prediction Machine That Fails Beautifully
Interactive algorithmic art installation presented in the context of humanities-based AI research at Bar-Ilan University.
2026 · Performance
Default Settings: Power of Attorney (Updated)
After David Avidan. Commissioned by Geizhals and Einat Aronstein; performed at Studio Annette, Tel Aviv.
2025 · Piano / mechanical system
Around The Point
For acoustic piano with mechanical microtonal add-on — bringing acoustic performance and physical intervention into one instrument.
2025 · Flute / saxophone / AI
Don't Lose Focus (My Electronic Psychiatrist)
A dialogue for instrumental performers and a computerized AI system.
2023 · String quartet
Heterotopia
Work for string quartet.
2023 · Bass / technology-based notation
Points of Convergence
Presented at the 8th International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation (TENOR), Boston–Cambridge.
Listen & watch
Recordings and videos of compositions, performances and projects are available on the Shai Cohen YouTube channel.
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