Theremin concert Teen Age Message

anton kershenko plays theremin student

according zaitsev, art must central interstellar message. physical laws , mathematics known extraterrestrial intelligences, our artwork unique us. in mind, , in contrast previous binary digital broadcasts, zatsev proposed not discrete two-tone radiosignal more native continuous one, in smooth frequency variations directly transfer one-dimensional emotional information. talking music, more universally comprehensible language, , theremin, electronic noncontact musical instrument.

three theremin performers moscow theremin center – lydia kavina, yana aksenova, , anton kerchenko – invited perform 7 songs selected students. program included 2 russian folk songs , works beethoven, vivaldi, saint-saëns, rakhmaninov, , gershwin. kavina submitted recordings of performance, aksenova , kerchenko performed live – radar dish had been specially modified accept input theremins. each performance lasted fifteen minutes. first theremin concert extraterrestrials world s first musical active seti broadcast, , sent 7 years before nasa s across universe message.

listen 6 theremin melodies recorded theremin concert

sonograms (frequency variations) of 40-second pieces of 3 musical compositions first theremin concert: (from left right) last movement of 9th symphony beethoven, “the swan” saint-saens, , “summertime” gershwin.

single-side band (ssb) modulation used up-conversion of theremin s analog audio signals carrier frequency 5010 mhz (6 cm wavelength) sending toward target stars.