RenCon 2025: Revival of the Expressive Performance Rendering Competition

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Main Authors: Zhang, Huan, Kwon, Taegyun, Friberg, Anders, Jiang, Junyan, Bang, Hayeon, Cho, Hyeyoon, Xia, Gus, Maezawa, Akira, Dixon, Simon, Jeong, Dasaem
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Published: 2026
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author Zhang, Huan
Kwon, Taegyun
Friberg, Anders
Jiang, Junyan
Bang, Hayeon
Cho, Hyeyoon
Xia, Gus
Maezawa, Akira
Dixon, Simon
Jeong, Dasaem
author_facet Zhang, Huan
Kwon, Taegyun
Friberg, Anders
Jiang, Junyan
Bang, Hayeon
Cho, Hyeyoon
Xia, Gus
Maezawa, Akira
Dixon, Simon
Jeong, Dasaem
contents This paper presents a comprehensive documentation of RenCon 2025, the revival of the expressive performance rendering competition which took place at ISMIR 2025 in Daejeon, Korea. The competition attracted 9 entries from international research groups, representing diverse approaches to expressive piano performance rendering. The two-phase assessment structure comprised a preliminary online evaluation and live real-time rendering at the conference. We analyze the competition format, participant demographics, system performance, and lessons learned for future iterations. The results demonstrate significant advances in expressive rendering capabilities while highlighting remaining challenges in achieving human-level musical expression.
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spellingShingle RenCon 2025: Revival of the Expressive Performance Rendering Competition
Zhang, Huan
Kwon, Taegyun
Friberg, Anders
Jiang, Junyan
Bang, Hayeon
Cho, Hyeyoon
Xia, Gus
Maezawa, Akira
Dixon, Simon
Jeong, Dasaem
Multimedia
Sound
This paper presents a comprehensive documentation of RenCon 2025, the revival of the expressive performance rendering competition which took place at ISMIR 2025 in Daejeon, Korea. The competition attracted 9 entries from international research groups, representing diverse approaches to expressive piano performance rendering. The two-phase assessment structure comprised a preliminary online evaluation and live real-time rendering at the conference. We analyze the competition format, participant demographics, system performance, and lessons learned for future iterations. The results demonstrate significant advances in expressive rendering capabilities while highlighting remaining challenges in achieving human-level musical expression.
title RenCon 2025: Revival of the Expressive Performance Rendering Competition
topic Multimedia
Sound
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02059