What a delightful surprise! We just learned that Tod Machover was awarded the 2010 World Technology Award for the Arts. According to the World Technology Network's web site: "These Award winners and finalists are those individuals (in 20 categories) and companies/organizations (in 10 categories) who -- in the opinion of the WTN Fellows and Founding …
Opera News reviews Death and the Powers
The venerable Opera News has just come out with its review of the world premiere performance of Death and the Powers. Critic Stephen J. Mudge lauds the production for providing "an evening of captivating electronic invention." He seems particularly taken with the "soaring finale for Miranda, marvelously sung by soprano Joélle Harvey, and the witty …
Latest press on Death and the Powers
Here's some recent press about Death and the Powers: a review by Frank Langlois from Opéra Magazine (Paris) and an excellent article from Brazil's Revista Galileu. We'll get them translated into English, but in the mean time, you can download the PDFs. Enjoy! Opéra Magazine Review of Death and the Powers (pdf) Revista Galileu - …
l’Ordinateur individuel-SVM article on Tod Machover
The French technology magazine l'Ordinateur individuel-SVM just published an article "Tod Machover: Créateur d'Hyperinstruments." The two-page spread describes the evolution of hypersintruments, from IRCAM days to Yo-yo Ma and Guitar Hero. It includes a time line. Nice! Download a pdf of the article.
Great responses to TEDx Aldeburgh
Production Advice posted this great write-up: TEDx Aldeburgh - a rough guide. The post was written by Ian Shepherd, the founder of Production Advice, a professional producer and senior mastering engineer at leading independent mastering facility SRT (Sound Recording Technology), based just outside Cambridge in the UK. The blog covers the entire event, which included talks by such …
Spheres and Splinters – new work by Tod Machover
Spheres and Splinters (2010) by Tod Machover Commissioned by Faster Than Sound for Aldeburgh Music Premiered 2010 November 12 (Britten Studio, Snape, U.K.); November 13 (Kings Place, London, U.K.) Peter Gregson, Hypercello UnitedVisualArtists, interactive visuals Ben Bloomberg, ambisonic and audio technology Peter Torpey (MIT Media Lab), interactive music software Spheres and Splinters is a new …
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Event alert: Pinsky and Machover
I Sing the Body Electric December 7, 7:30 pm Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA. Composer Tod Machover and poet Robert Pinsky talk about making art in the age of new technology. Hailed as “America’s most wired composer,” Machover is transforming classical music and opera, mixing cocktails of music, dance, theater, and high-tech …
Photos from Aldeburgh
Tod Machover on his recent New Music New Media residency in Aldeburgh, England: "Testing UVA's LED light towers during rehearsal for my new "Spheres and Splinters" at Kings Place, London. During the show, the towers were never bright green.....but this does give a sense of their potential. Only video - or being there:) - can …
King’s Place Podcast – Tod Machover interview
Oh cool! Here's an interview with Tod Machover for the King's Place podcast series. Tod spoke with the interviewer via phone from his MIT Media Lab office. Tod describes the idea behind the new work he will be presenting at the upcoming November 13 concert at King's Place London. He will be premiering "Spheres and …
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The Sunday Times – “Opera Gets a Machover”
Yesterday's Sunday Times of London ran a feature story about Tod Machover and his upcoming Spheres and Splinters project with Aldeburgh New Music New Media. "You may not have heard of Tod Machover, but he has probably changed your life, and will probably do it again," the article begins, alluding to the ripple effects Tod's …
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Opera of the Future 