AI is helping bring Whitney Houstons vocals back on stage this time with a live orchestra

Date:
Sun, 21 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

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AI has brought Whitney Houstons voice back to the stage in stunning clarity.

FULL STORY ======================================================================A new AI-powered concert tour isolates Whitney Houstons original vocals and pairs them with a live orchestra The technology used to reconstruct her voice sets
a new bar for posthumous shows AI-perfected artistry may reshape what audiences expect from live performances

Thirteen years after Whitney Houstons death, her voice is back on stage
thanks to AI . The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration is kicking off a national tour featuring Houstons vocals isolated with the help of AI and performed alongside a live orchestra. Its meant to be a heartfelt tribute timed to the 40th anniversary of her debut.

This show is different from other attempts at resurrecting artists with technology because it would have been impossible until recent AI advances . Many of Houstons original multitrack recordings are lost, so recreating them with any fidelity is trickier than just making a hologram of Houston.

AI music production company Moises, which specializes in stem separation, peeling vocals from fully mixed audio tracks. Using AI models trained to isolate audio, Moises extracted Houstons vocals from the mixed tracks. The concert pairs Whitneys voice with live orchestration and curated footage.

"We knew this had to be done right," Pat Houston, Executor of The Estate of Whitney E. Houston, said in a statement . "Moises and our partner Park
Avenue Artists elevated the idea with the heart, care, and creative
excellence that Whitney always embodied. The result is something truly special: a gift for longtime fans and a powerful introduction for a new generation discovering her voice." AI authenticity

This is the world were now tiptoeing into. Houstons new show tours through November, stopping in cities from Waukegan to Palm Desert. The production promises favorites like Higher Love , I Have Nothing , and I Will Always Love You, reintroduced with a level of clarity that only modern AI can provide.

"We had to isolate Whitney's vocals from fully mixed recordings without compromising the emotional power of her performance," Moises CEO Geraldo Ramos said in a statement. "A concert like this simply wouldn't have been possible five years ago, before stem separation technology reached the precision and fidelity we're now able to deliver."

Of course, Whitney isnt the first posthumous star to tour again, and this isn't even the first tour since her passing. Her hologram hit the road in 2020. But the new one stands out for being audiofirst and free of the visual awkwardness that holograms still havent fully conquered.

It may be among the most respectful AI-led performances based on the estates full-throated endorsement. Unlike some AI music projects where dead artists are forced to 'collaborate' on songs they never knew existed, this show
sticks to Whitneys real catalog. It simply represents it, cleaned and reorchestrated, in a way her original recordings never could be.

Still, its hard not to think about the next steps. If stem separation gets this good, whats to stop every classic artists catalog from being
refurbished? Will we see AI Duets with legacy vocals sliced and served over new tracks? Will 2030 bring to the road 'Frank Sinatra Sings SZA'? You might also like AI music is fine until it starts pretending to be real people Audibles AI narration sounds impressive, but I'd rather hear the story told
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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/ai-is-helping-bring-whitney- houstons-vocals-back-on-stage-this-time-with-a-live-orchestra


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