Check out this post on PBS's MediaShift blog about Tod Machover's project for the Toronto Symphony. The interview focuses on how the project is exploring and extending what it means to engage in a creative collaboration, and the role technology plays in mediating that interaction. There's fresh interview material, a nice collection of videos and …
Elliott Carter Tributes on WQXR
Starting at midnight November 13, New York City's classical music station WQXR will be airing a 24-hour marathon in honor of the late Elliott Carter. Listen to the Elliott Carter marathon here Tod Machover pays tribute to his most important mentor in a series of interviews with a diverse group of people, including Fred Sherry, …
Tod Machover at the Dallas Opera (Video)
Tod returns by popular demand to speak with opera lovers at the Dallas Opera on September 18. He's joined by Sara Heaton, who performed in "Death and the Powers" in the role of Miranda. Here they are in "Composing Conversations":
LOFT Interview with Tod Machover
The current issue of the Swedish design journal LOFT carries a lavishly illustrated interview with composer Tod Machover. The interview focuses on the creative process and covers a lot of ground, from early childhood experiences with music to the ongoing project to compose a Concerto for Composer and City that calls upon the residents of Toronto …
Todem Machoverem
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 …
Library of Congress podcast: Interview with Tod Machover
Tod Machover delivered a lecture earlier this year for the Library of Congress "Music and the Brain" series. In this interview, Tod talks about his interest in developing technology to bring musical experiences to all kinds of people. He describes how hyperinstruments were originally developed for work commissioned by virtuosi like Yo-yo Ma. This approach evolved …
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The Sound Bath’s radio interview with Tod Machover
The British radio program "The Sound Bath" (on MyWordRadio), dedicated to the exploration and appreciation of the human voice, interviewed composer Tod Machover about his newest opera Death and the Powers. Interviewer Angelina Kalahari, a classical opera singer herself, leads a fascinating and original conversation about how the composer approaches writing for the human voice …
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Rethink Music – Interview with Tod Machover
Update: Check out Billboard Magazine's write-up from Day 1 of "Rethink Music": In Panels And Lightning-Quick Collaborations, Rethink Music Conference Explores The Future And follow @OperaFuture tweets about the conference, which we will be following sporadically through the day. Inside Rethink 2011: Tod Machover on Hyperinstruments
BBC’s Music Matters in Boston – April 23, 2011
Composer and M.I.T. professor Tod Machover takes listeners on a guided tour of music at the M.I.T. Media Lab on BBC Radio 3's flagship classical music program, "Music Matters". The program airs tomorrow (Saturday, April 23) and spotlights Boston. In addition to music at M.I.T. the program will feature two-time Grammy Award winning clarinettist Richard …
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Opera of the Future 