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\n\tThe 29th edition\u00a0of the\u00a0Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival\u00a0(P\u00d6FF) kicks off on Friday with Catalan director Carlos Marques-Marcet\u2019s They Will Be Dust<\/em> (Polvo Ser\u00e1n<\/em>) and a performance by Catalan musician Maria Arnal, whose music is featured in the movie.<\/p>\n \n\tThe lineup for the opening night fits the Estonian fest\u2019s 2025 program, curated by fest head Tiina Lokk and her team, which includes a focus on Catalonia. <\/p>\n \n\tAhead of the first 2025 night of activity on the traditional black carpet at Tallinn, THR<\/em> caught up with Arnal to discuss her work, her research into AI, and her upcoming album.<\/p>\n \n\tMaria, you will perform at the opening ceremony of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on Friday night, which sounds exciting for the audience.<\/strong> How is that for you, and what can people expect?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tIt is super exciting since this is going to be my first time performing in Estonia. The audience can expect a performance with a mix of songs from my new repertoire, but also from the soundtrack of the [festival opening] film Polvo Ser\u00e1n<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tCatalan cinema and your Catalan music will get a spotlight at the festival. How important is it for you to showcase Catalan identity and culture?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tVery much. I think there is a lot of quality and, sincerely, amazing films! I think cultural bridges are so much needed in our world, especially right now.<\/p>\n \n\tYour music is a fusion of avant-garde pop, electronics, and polyphonic folk. Why do you love to not simply focus on one \u201cgenre\u201d of music but bring elements together?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tI never think of genres when I compose, never. I simply don\u2019t relate to music in these terms. Normally, I build sounds one by one, and then when they are together, they blend in ways that are edgy, and I just love to move among different bubbles of genres.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Aradna Martin Perales<\/p>\n \n\tHow is the work on your next album, your debut full-length solo release, going? Does it have a title yet? And what can fans expect from it?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tI think it is my favorite work until now and the process that I have enjoyed the most and I have been committed to. I feel as vulnerable to share it as excited, and I am currently finishing the last details of the album.<\/p>\n \n\tYour work goes well beyond music with projects that explore sound, technology, art and social issues, such as climate change, and I read that you are also exploring the potential of synthetic voice models generated with artificial intelligence in a project with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). Why did you want to explore this? And what is your hope and your fear or worry for AI in music?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tI am living in this time where this technology is developing, and I wanted to understand how it works, how to use it in an ethical way, in a way that can be inspiring. Thanks to a European grant I had the opportunity to work alongside physicians of the BSC. I love collaborating with people from other fields, and the experience has been super inspiring.<\/p>\n \n\tSometimes the music industry is very rigid. So, with this collaboration, I have done deep research on all the voice models that have existed, not to reproduce what my physical voice does, but to make it more complex as a musical instrument. Thanks to cloning it so many times, I have also realized what can\u2019t be cloned, which has been super inspiring too.<\/p>\n \n\tIs there anything else you would like to mention?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tI am so excited [for, once I\u2019m] back from Tallinn, when the album will be released, and for the tour [tied to] the album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 29th edition\u00a0of the\u00a0Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival\u00a0(P\u00d6FF) kicks off on Friday with Catalan director Carlos Marques-Marcet\u2019s They Will Be Dust (Polvo Ser\u00e1n) and a performance by Catalan musician Maria Arnal, whose music is featured in the movie. 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