Machine learning is the ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results. Machine learning methods enable computers to learn without being explicitly programmed and have ...

Commissioned for pianist Anton Mejias, Philip Lasser’s The Art of Memory is a series of 12 preludes in descending chromatic order, for which each piece collects ‘remembrances’ of previous preludes.

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