Our cover star this month is EveR 6, an AI-powered robot that made its conducting debut in Seoul, Korea earlier this year. Just a gimmick? Or is this a glimpse into the future?

The EveR 6, an AI-powered robot that made its conducting debut in Seoul, Korea earlier this year, appears on the cover of Limelight magazine.

The EveR6 appears on the cover of Limelight’s September 2023 issue.

Our cover story for the September edition of Limelight is devoted to what must be the talking point of the year: Artificial Intelligence. By now, you probably have a handle on its writing or art-making abilities of generative AI, but what does the fast-evolving technology mean for music making? We asked Oliver Bown, an academic expert in the field, to unpack where we are with AI, where we might be heading over the next few years, and what’s at stake for composers, players and listeners in what will be a period of unprecedented change.

In a fascinating historical feature by Clive Paget, David Skinner, Director of Music at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, casts light on the life and music of the Elizabethan composer William Byrd,...