Italian Orchestra

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's voice soars to the rafters of the Tuscan theatre, but all eyes are on the orchestral conductor beside him -- a robot with an apparent penchant for Verdi. The concert in the heart of Pisa is a world first, with two mechanical "arms" conducting live music at the grand finale of the first International Festival of Roboti...

At the end of a musical adaptation of the children's movie "Frozen," orchestra conductor Loprieno stood up after the last notes had died away, with an urge to convey to his young audience an unpalatable truth.

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's voice soars to the rafters of the Tuscan theatre, but all eyes are on the orchestral conductor beside him -- a robot with an apparent penchant for Verdi. The concert in the heart of Pisa is a world first, with two mechanical "arms" conducting live music at the grand finale of the first International Festival of Roboti...

At the end of a musical adaptation of the children's movie "Frozen," orchestra conductor Loprieno stood up after the last notes had died away, with an urge to convey to his young audience an unpalatable truth.