Tod Machover's highly anticipated Philadelphia Voices will be presented this April in a series of performances at Philadelphia's Verizon Hall and New York's Carnegie Hall. The latest of Machover's City Symphonies projects, the new work is inspired by conversations, poetry, sound, and music contributed by thousands of Philadelphians contemplating the state of their city (before and after the …
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From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Was in Philadelphia for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, to experience various Philadelphia Orchestra events (New Year's Eve concert and New Year's Day Open House) and the be present for all the Mummers famous New Year's Day events, including the Parade (in totally freezing weather - I thought …
https://www.facebook.com/tod.machover/videos/10156029068653953/ From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Here's a fun new video - made by Xi Wang of Kirshbaum Associates - of a very unusual bike expedition I took recently in Philadelphia as part of my PHILDAELPHIA VOICES project. I spent a morning following performance artist/poet Jacob Winterstein, who has tasked himself with biking on/to every single block …
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Hot off the laser printer, the first page of the choral/keyboard part for Philadelphia Voices! In case you've been wondering what Tod Machover has been doing, holed up in his barn for the past month... The new symphonic work for the Philadelphia Orchestra is scheduled to premier in early April (check out the event calendar). …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BllQ35nDqAY Check out this cool reel compiled by the MIT Media Lab! This will soon need to be updated with "Schoenberg in Hollywood"!
OPERA America has awarded a grant to the Boston Lyric Opera for “Schoenberg in Hollywood” by composer Tod Machover and librettist Simon Robson, which was commissioned for the BLO's fall 2019 line-up. OPERA America announced grant awards for 11 opera companies through the Repertoire Development Grants program, supported by The Opera Fund. A total of $225,000 was awarded to …
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"Wonderful couple of days working with the Kronos Quartet at the MIT Media Lab, trying out ideas and techniques for a new piece I am composing for them as part of their "Fifty for the Future" series. The Kronos and I have known each other for many a moon, and it is always a pleasure …
If you live in and around Philadelphia and want to participate in Tod Machover's newest City Symphony project, be sure to download the free “Philadelphia Voices” app (iPhone; Android). The app allows you to record yourself and upload clips to be used in the collaborative composition. The app has received close to 1,000 submissions so far, …
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From Tod Machover's Facebook: "Project 305 premiered last night at the New World Symphony in Miami, and went really well. This was the first major CITY SYMPHONY that I mentored and guided, with major creative work done by videographer Jon David Kane and composer Ted Hearne. Miami came shining through (although the global warming/you're-gonna-be-submerged-in-water theme …
Tod Machover – composer, inventor and professor at the MIT Media Lab – began his career as the first Director of Musical Research at Pierre Boulez’s IRCAM institute in Paris. His Re-Structures for 2 Pianos and Electronics was commissioned in 2015 by the Lucerne Festival, and was premiered there to celebrate Boulez’s 90th birthday. Mark …
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Opera of the Future 