From Tod Machover's Facebook page, October 21, 2015: Am out in Detroit working on SYMPHONY IN D, which premieres in a month with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. We had a remarkable dinner and musicale tonight with many of our collaborators, who contributed sounds, stories and music to the project. Amazing city, amazing people! — with …
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From Tod Machover's Facebook page: In the midst of workshops a few days ago at YouthVille, an inspiring after-school workshop center that offers creative training in everything from computer animation to running a radio station to choreography to music production. Working with my friend/colleague Morris Porter - himself a visionary producer, composer and performer (GREAT …
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From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Remarkable day yesterday working with our various partners for SYMPHONY IN D that we will premiere next month with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. We are collaborating with so many wonderful people from so many different backgrounds, from the bright, creative 3rd graders at Detroit Achievement Academy to the imaginative, thoughtful …
Musical America has named Tod Machover its 2016 Composer of the Year. Read more here.
From Tod Machover's Facebook page "I was back in Detroit on Monday where things are gearing up for the November premiere of our SYMPHONY IN D with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO). I met with key collaborators to discuss how the symphony is taking shape and to brainstorm about how to fit all the parts …
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Video from Saturday night's spectacular premiere of FENSADENSE at the LUCERNE FESTIVAL. This segment (shot by me at the back of the hall with my iPhone 6...so not Oliver T. Becker quality:) is substantial (about 9 minutes long) and goes from the middle of our version of Hey Jude (including a saturated freak-out) through the …
From Tod Machover's Facebook page: "Exciting Review of A SYMPHONY FOR LUCERNE - and my composer-in-residence activities at the LUCERNE FESTIVAL - by prominent German critic Jörn Florian Fuchs. It ran on German radio so you can listen to it by Clicking the "Stop" button, or read it here. This is an excellent synthesis of …
LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Orchestra | Conductor Matthias Pintscher Tod Machover (* 1953) A symphony for Lucerne Commissioned by LUCERNE FESTIVAL | premiere
From Tod Machover's Facebook page: "What a remarkable premiere yesterday of A SYMPHONY FOR LUCERNE at the LUCERNE FESTIVAL. We gave a pre-intermission "Making Of..." presentation and then played the new work. Matthias Pintscher and theLUCERNE FESTIVAL Academy Orchestra played brilliantly, beautifully. All of the Lucerne performers who we invited to participate - Der Chor …
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Check out the wonderful compositions by young people in Lucerne, composed with Hyperscore. Many of the pieces were introduced to the public yesterday by the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and have been incorporated into Tod Machover's "A Symphony for Lucerne," which receives its world premiere tomorrow, Saturday, September 5, at the KKL main hall. Tickets here. …
Opera of the Future 