In-depth, thoughtful interview about the SYMPHONY IN D project for Detroit, with Ann Delisi of WDET, Detroit's NPR station. Ann covers the background and essentials for this collaborative city symphony. Listen here.
Swiss Radio interview
Excellent interview - with good audio examples - from Swiss Radio, broadcast last Wednesday. Gives a good sense of the SYMPHONY FOR LUCERNE project, so worth a listen even if you aren't fluent in Swiss German. Listen here.
Futuristic Opera “Death and the Powers” Asks Life’s Oldest Questions, with New Dimensions
Just stumbled upon this thoughtful review of the Dallas Opera simulcast production: Technology is very much integral to the story, immersing the audience in the age-old questions about life and death again, this time with 21st century complexities – while religions are still fighting to win believers with their respective answers and narratives as mankind settles into …
Documentary Film on “A Symphony for Toronto”
Filmmaker Roxana Spicer followed the Opera of the Future team around for the months leading up to the premiere of "A Symphony for Toronto," in March 2013. She documented the process of creating the team's first collaborative symphony orchestra piece, which can be seen in her film Urban Symphony. The idea has captured the imaginations of communities around …
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“Symphony in D” launches in Detroit
From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Listen to the trailer for Symphony in D, created from sounds recorded by Tod on a visit to Detroit. Check out the Detroit Symphony's page about Symphony in D Press coverage: New York Times - Composer Aims to Capture the Spirit of Detroit Detroit Free Press - Composer seeks sounds of Detroit …
“Breathless” premieres with Carol Wincenc
From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Wonderful world premiere performance last evening [Sunday, November 9, 2014] of my new piece, BREATHLESS, for flute, orchestra and electronics with the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra. Splendid, virtuosic, sensitive performance by flautist (and old friend) Carol Wincenc and spirited and intelligent conducting by Beverly Everett. The orchestra rose to the occasion. …
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“Vocal Vibrations” Live (Photos)
“Vocal Vibrations” music online
The VOCAL VIBRATIONS project opened at the new Le Laboratoire Cambridge on Thursday and runs through March; more on that shortly. In the meantime, the news is that you can download the music for the project exclusively from Bowers+Wilkins, in both MP3 and hi-res-quality (including surround sound), starting TODAY. Download here.
Improper Interview
The Improper Bostonian caught up with Tod Machover recently, in advance of the opening of "Vocal Vibrations" at Le Laboratoire Cambridge: Q. COOLEST TECHNOLOGY YOU WANT BUT DON’T HAVE? The thing we’re trying to invent now, the technology goes back to the Yo-Yo story. An instrument that becomes part of the performer and sort of …
Notes from Detroit
From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Was in Detroit yesterday and today to discuss a new project, and continued to meet people and discover new things about that amazing city, currently on a precipice between past and future, blight and beauty. Among the astonishing experiences was the discovery of "Hamtramck Disneyland", an urban vision built by …
Opera of the Future 