Katherine Taylor, superb Boston-based photographer for The New York Times and others, just posted this excellent blog of photos she took a few months ago of Tod Machover's group at the MIT Media Lab, while shooting for a Times story. View the photos by clicking here.
Press from Perth
Catch up on what Tod Machover has been doing in Perth in this article from The Western Australian. He describes some of the unique nature sounds he has been hearing and talks about an ongoing workshop with school children who are using Hyperscore software to transcribe the sounds of their city into music. Although his …
Sweden’s LOFT on A Toronto Symphony
The current issue of LOFT, the Scandinavian "bookazine" devoted to design, culture and creativity, features a lengthy interview and photographs documenting the "A Toronto Symphony" project. You can preview it here.
Kennedy Center Award
The Kennedy Center’s National Committee for the Performing Arts (NCPA) has awarded Tod Machover with its inaugural Award for Arts Advocacy. The award was presented at the Committee’s meeting in Boston, Massachusetts on September 21, 2013. “We are proud to present Tod Machover with the inaugural Award for Arts Advocacy,” stated Norine Fuller, Chairwoman of the Kennedy …
“Death and the Powers” goes Global
THE DALLAS OPERA PRESENTS OPERA ON A WORLD STAGE! Death and the Powers: THE GLOBAL INTERACTIVE SIMULCAST ~~~~ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2014 AT 2:00 P.M. (Central Time) THE MARGOT AND BILL WINSPEAR OPERA HOUSE AT THE AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, DALLAS TX ~~~~ Remote locations throughout …
In Opera News
Here's an insightful article about Tod Machover in the October issue of Opera News. Written by Philip Kennicott, Pulitzer prize-winning critic for the Washington Post, the article delves into the evolution of the music and gets to the heart of what the operas are about. Refreshing! Some great quotes: "…Machover, voluble and friendly in person, confounds expectations. Valis, …
The Scotsman reviews “Festival City”
"Festival City", which received its world premiere on August 27th at Edinburgh's Usher Hall, garnered a favorable notice in The Scotsman: Machover’s new work – a moody soundscape combining recorded audio bites of Edinburgh with bristling, atmospheric live orchestral impressions, and created from material submitted over the internet – was anything but gimmicky. Driven by …
BBC report on “Festival City”
Last night's world premiere of "Festival City" went off without a hitch. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra players were on fire, and the acoustics in Usher Hall were excellent. Kudos too to the Edinburgh International Festival audience for their commitment and enthusiasm to new work. Check out this BBC report from the rehearsal, including a …
Repertoire Remix: Q&A
The MIT Media Lab has posted a terrific interview with Tod Machover and pianist Tae Kim that takes us deeper inside the collaborative process of creating "Festival City". In the interview, Tod also speaks about how the experience is changing him: For Festival City, I have taken a big risk by opening up the compositional process to …
The Scotsman previews “Festival City”
This nice article popped up in The Scotsman! We like this quote: Machover’s Edinburgh project has embraced online participation as far afield as China, Turkey and Thailand. “It’s been a marvellous way of encouraging people to listen to the world around them.” How very John Cage. “Not quite,” Machover argues. “I think what Cage did …
Opera of the Future 