Wonderful new (short) video about the Hyperscore workshops we are doing in Lucerne as part of the EINE SINFONIE FUER LUZERN project that premieres at this summer's LUCERNE FESTIVAL. Amazing young people from around the city are working on original compositions that reflect aspects of Lucerne. These will be transcribed for instruments (some transcriptions by …
“Death and the Powers” now available on DVD
A DVD of Dallas Opera’s highly successful 2014 production of Tod Machover’s robotic opera, Death and the Powers, is available beginning April 22 through the MIT Media Lab. Only a limited number of copies are on sale and can be purchased at CD Baby here. Death and the Powers received its world premiere September 24, …
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Lucerne players get DOWN with “Fensadense”!
Check out this trailer about Tod Machover's new piece, "Fensadense,"for hyperinstruments and interactive electronics, which will premiere September 12, 2015, at the Lucerne Festival. The video footage was recorded during a workshop last month. What happens when classical musicians cut loose!
Documenting “Symphony in D”
From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Spent the last two days doing a fun - but strenuous - video shoot for a documentary about our SYMPHONY IN D project for Detroit. Led by producer (and Knight Foundation director-of-arts) Dennis Scholl and director Marlon Johnson (who has filled many of our visits to Detroit), our various projects …
“A Participatory Experiment to Watch”
The Nonprofit Quarterly discusses the Detroit Symphony's "Symphony in D" project as part of a broader trend to harness technology to engage communities in arts and culture. Gone may be the days of the thought that “art is not for me,” as our arts organizations continue to engage audiences through a variety of ways beyond …
Interview: “Model D”
Tod Machover writes: Great new interview about the SYMPHONY IN D project for Detroit, by Walter Wasacz in "Model D." Walter says I am "friendly, down to earth, even" - gee, I HOPE so:) - and I'm thrilled that my dear friend and brilliant musician/writer Wesley Strick also got mentioned in the article; his name …
Fensadense workshop
From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Finished a great rehearsal period for FENSADENSE in Lucerne today with a fun and imaginative video shoot by Oliver T. Becker for a video trailer for the project. These 10 fabulous players from the Alumni Ensemble of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL Academy were a great pleasure to work with, and I …
Hyperscore workshops in Lucerne
An update from Tod Machover: Just came back from doing two Hyperscore workshops in Lucerne as part of my Symphony for Lucerne project for the LUCERNE FESTIVAL. It is always so rewarding to see young people imaginatively and fearlessly express themselves through their own original compositions, and especially through pieces that share something about their …
Improv with Lucerne musicians
From Tod Machover's Facebook page Very full day in Lucerne today, with a variety of activities connected to my residency this summer at the LUCERNE FESTIVAL. Improvisation workshop with brilliant and creative young musicians at the Music Conservatory, Hyperscore workshops, rehearsals for FENSADENSE, and a public workshop of A SYMPHONY FOR LUCERNE, with a sneak preview …
Another side of Lucerne
By Tod Machover Visited Sedel last evening, a former "men's prison", converted in the early 1980's into a rehearsal and performance complex for wild and experimental music. Musicians rent 1, 2 or 3-block former prison cells as practice space, and hang out in small communal spaces and a crazy basement club area which also hosts …
Opera of the Future 