Yamaha Corporation Of America Winter Namm 2012 Press

SO FAR, YET SO CLOSE: YAMAHA DISKLAVIER
REMOTELIVE DEFIES MUSICAL TIME AND SPACE
Piano Broadcasting Technology Gains Momentum in 2011;
With RemoteLive, ‘The Impossible Is Now Possible’ -
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Thanks to Yamaha Disklavier RemoteLive technology, musical artists,
educators and audiences are connecting in ways previously unimaginable.
RemoteLive enables a pianist to perform live in one
location and have his or her exact keystrokes and pedal
movements transmitted live and in real time to other
networked Disklavier pianos anywhere in the world.
Combining perfectly synchronized video and audio plus
MIDI broadcast from a single location to multiple
locations, Disklavier RemoteLive is redefining how
piano performance and education is shared and experienced.
“This remarkable technology has grown exponentially in the past year,” says Yamaha Disklavier
Marketing Manager Jim Levesque. “The resounding success and popularity of these
performances proves that this technology fulfils a true need in the piano marketplace.
Performances from around the block or around the world can be interactively experienced in
ways previously deemed impossible.”
The first of roughly a dozen events in 2011 was held last January, and featured the renowned
Roberta Flack and Dan Tepfer, who broadcast from Yamaha Artist Services, Inc. in midtown
Manhattan, to the Yamaha exhibit at Winter NAMM 2011 in Anaheim, California. Last April,
pianist extraordinaire Mike Garson performed at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) while a
Disklavier at the Intel® Visionary Conference carried the unique live piano and synchronized
video display, drawing raves from the attendees. A leader in the advancement of teaching and
learning, Intel’s Annual Visionary Conference in Washington, showcases technologies that
enhance education.
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