Hi there! I’m Chantine, a (recently graduated) undergrad researcher with the Opera of the Future group in the Media Lab, giving you an update with the group with regards to the forthcoming city symphonies. Recently, Tod and Co. have been quite busy with final preparations for A Symphony for Lucerne, to be debuted September 5th, …
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Tod Machover's Hyperstring Trilogy will receive a rare live concert performance this August at the Lucerne Festival. "The 70-minute Hyperstring Trilogy has been recognized as one of Machover’s most important works," according to the Boston Globe. David Patrick Steard ns in his Philadelphia Inquirer review enthused, “The music on this disc is so good, you’d be tempted …
Tod Machover has just posted an essay about the process of composing his new collaborative symphony for the Swiss city of Lucerne. An excerpt: With both the recorded sounds and the Hyperscore pieces, I have spent the last weeks not only listening to them and getting to know them, but also imagining what special synergies …
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Interesting article in the current issue of SYMPHONY Magazine on forward-looking orchestra projects that connect with cities in unusual ways. Along with a project for the Seattle Symphony by John Luther Adams and one for Miami's New World Symphony by Michael Gordon, the article discusses Tod Machover's SYMPHONY IN D project for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. …
Tod Machover landed on the cover of PIU, the magazine for this summer's LUCERNE FESTIVAL. Check out the very interesting article about his composer-in-residency that begins in mid-August, and all the new music that he will be presenting (and which he is feverishly working on right now). How about including lovely Lucerne in your summer travel plans to experience some of …
From Tod Machover's Facebook post today: Haven't done THIS for a long while! One the projects I am preparing for this summer's LUCERNE FESTIVALis a full-evening performance of my HYPERSTRING TRILOGY. I am making revisions to the solo and electronic parts, so had to prepare a new version of BEGIN AGAIN AGAIN... this week for …
Two MIT undergrads, Chantine Akiyama and Sue Liang, did this interview with Tod Machover about his SYMPHONY IN D project. It's fun and refreshing, and conveys their perspective on the project. Tod speaks about the main goals for the project. They include: First, the music that emerges as the Symphony must be a piece that can stand …
Exciting news that Detroit's NPR station, WDET, is partnering with Detroit ad firm Doner to help collect sounds of the Motor City for our SYMPHONY IN D project. Get all the info here. Maybe the call of your coney dog order or the roar of a Mustang engine, what sounds are uniquely Detroit? Share your ideas with …
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The Opera of the Future crew spent the Memorial Day weekend in Detroit, doing activities for the SYMPHONY IN D project. The 3 days were packed and each activity was an adventure: from driving in (and recording audio from) a Grand Prix race car, to visiting the Movement techno music festival with young DJ students, …
Tod Machover's newest work, "Of Experience," has its world premiere this Saturday, May 16th, at the Maison symphonique de Montréal. Composed for the hall's pipe organ, narrator and electronics, the piece was commissioned by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. The work is inspired by the essays of Montaigne, and is part of a program celebrating the …
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