We just received another magazine interview in Czech, this one from Novy Prostor (download PDF: On connection between music and people). Here's what it looks like:
Tod Machover Interview in Czech Magazine
The Czech publication Novy Prostor just posted this lengthy interview, recorded when Tod was attending the Prague Quadrennial (see article here) this past June. The article is in Czech, but this Google translations captures the gist of it (with some hilarious mangled syntax): A BRIDGE BETWEEN MUSIC AND PEOPLE by VINKELHOFEROVÁ M., J. FIALA The …
Prague Quadrennial coverage
Lighting and Sound magazine has published its report on the Prague Quadrennial conference (from page 110). The event held in June 2011 is one of the world's foremost gatherings of theater lighting and sound professionals. Starting on page 113, the article summarizes Tod Machover's talk, which focused on how technologies such as Hyperinstruments, Hyperscore and disembodied …
BBVA Open Mind publishes “Future Opera for Robots…”
The 2011 edition of "Open Mind: Sharing Knowledge for a Better Future," features a chapter written by Tod Machover, "Ópera del futuro para robots y también para personas" (Future Opera for Robots and People Too), available in Spanish and English. Tod delves into the role of music in our lives and the potential of technology to distance …
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Evocative Objects – “My Cello”
Here's another buried treasure, a chapter written by Tod Machover for Evocative Objects: Things We Think With (M.I.T. Press), a collection of essays compiled by sociologist and M.I.T. professor Sherry Turkle. Before Tod embarked on a career as a composer, he was a cellist. (During a break from college, he toured as principal cellist with …
NY Times Opinionator – On Future Performance
Here's an essay written by Tod Machover that we thought was worth sharing. It dates back to early 2010, before we launched this blog. Tod expounds on how his family upbringing and diverse musical interests converged to drive his career-long quest to merge the best of our musical culture with technology. He writes: "For the …
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Death and the Powers on Opera America cover
We were pleasantly surprised to see an image from Death and the Powers on the cover of Opera America's August 2011 issue. The image comes from scene 6, 'The World Reacts," and shows the characters called The Administration, The United Way and The United Nations confronting the robotic walls that are animated by Simon Powers' …
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Machover’s ‘Chansons d’Amour’ on WHRC
WRHC's "New and Dangerous Music" program will be airing Tod Machover's 'Chansons d'Amour' Tuesday, July 19, at 10-11PM CST. NEW!! Audio clips from 'Chansons d'Amour': End of Movement 1 (Vita Nuova) to Beginning of Movement 2 (Zwischen Himmel und Erde) End of Movement 2 Buy the CD: 'Bounce' (Bridge Records). Here's Tod's comment on this piece: 'Chansons …
Technology and Creativity (Video)
Here's the video from the Cannes Lions session on Technology and Creativity, with Tod Machover, Will.i.am, Marc Landsberg, Johan Jervøe, moderated by Nick Brien. Update: The YouTubes were taken down, but the video is now available on the Cannes Lions website.
Machover’s ‘Bounce’ and ‘Vinyl Cello’ on WHRC
WRHC's "New and Dangerous Music" program will be airing Tod Machover's 'Bounce' and 'Vinyl Cello' Tuesday, July 12, at 10-11PM CST. Buy CDs: 'Bounce' (Bridge Records) and 'Vinyl Cello' (Oxingale). We invited Tod to comment about these two pieces. Here's what he wrote: My compositions Bounce (1992) and VinylCello (2007) were written 15 years apart, so they …
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