From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Had dinner with David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet on Sunday, and afterwards came across this lovely photo from our "Chomsky Suite" project from a few years ago. Unforgettable! — with Jeffrey Zeigler and Noam Chomsky at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Here are movements 2+3 (out of 5) of Tod …
Minsky Memories!
From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Incredible photo just sent to me by Margaret Minsky, of me with Yoichiro Kawaguchi and Marvin Minsky, at the MIT Media Lab around the time of the premiere of FLORA in 1990. Marvin introduced the two of us, and we collaborated on this computer music/video piece via Fax between Cambridge …
Le Laboratoire Cambridge To Explore Vocal Vibrations With Debut Exhibit
From PRNewswire CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Le Laboratoire Cambridge, a one-of-a-kind art and design center for creativity, invention and discovery, will open in Cambridge on October 31 with Vocal Vibrations, an exhibit in which carefully crafted music and specially designed objects promote new ways of exploring vocal vibrations in health and meditation. Le …
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Hot off the press: “Breathless”
From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Just finished my latest piece, BREATHLESS for flute, orchestra and electronics, written for the great flutist, Juilliard prof, and old friend Carol Wincenc. Premiere on Nov.9 with the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra - the "other" BSO - (and not far from Hibbing, Minnesota, home of Bob Dylan:). Come hear it if …
Lucerne App is out, ready for download!
Check out the brand new HEAR LUCERNE app for the SYMPHONY FOR LUCERNE project, available for Apple iOS and also Android devices (from the respective app stores). It lets people record, upload, and explore audio in Lucerne, and will grow to allow all kinds of contributions to - and collaborations on - the project. Check …
A 21st century opera house for Boston?
Check out Tod Machover's letter to the editor of the Boston Globe, in response to a recent Globe article "Boston overdue for a proper opera house": With a clean slate, with the leadership of BLO and others, and with the participation of the area’s vital artistic and academic communities, Boston could design and build the …
Brazilian TV spot on Lucerne Symphony project
This clip just appeared on Brazilian TV (Cultura TV, São Paulo) about Tod Machover's LUCERNE SYMPHONY project. They interviewed Tod a few weeks ago when he was at the LUCERNE FESTIVAL, and this has some nice footage and sound of what the team did (and are doing) over there. So check it out and practice your Portugese!!!
Slide show from REMIX Summit
From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Gave a Keynote yesterday at the REMIX Summit in NYC, hosted by Bloomberg. Heard some great presentations from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Jake Barton of Local Projects, Cindy Gallop of IfWeRanTheWorld, and many others. Saw many old friends and met new ones. And was astonished at the exciting, fresh Bloomberg HQs …
Deutsche Welle on Lucerne Festival (Video)
Excellent TV piece on the LUCERNE FESTIVAL by Deutsche Welle, Germany's equivalent of the BBC World Service. A segment on the SYMPHONY FOR LUCERNE project starts at 3:40. Check it out - and practice your German - at http://www.dw.de/take-five-folge-4-lucerne-festival/av-17890526
Pictures from Lucerne
Tod Machover is in Lucerne, Switzerland, for ten days to begin work on "A Symphony for Lucerne." He's running around meeting many different groups in the city, auditioning musicians and recording the "sounds of Lucerne." There was a nice notice in the New York Times about Tod's residency for the 2015 Lucerne Festival.
Opera of the Future 