Wired UK posted this excellent article today that provides an in-depth look at the Festival City project. Included are detailed descriptions of how the music apps work. We loved this: To compose Festival City, which Machover hopes will bring out the contrasts of the city, Machover first invited people to submit raw material that reminded of …
New York Times features Opera of the Future
The M.I.T. Media Lab Opera of the Future group's work is the subject of a full-page article by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim in the August 16th issue of the New York Times. It's an engagingly written piece that covers the history of Tod Machover's work in music composition and technology, from hyperinstruments to "Death and the …
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Repertoire Remix (VIDEO)
Last month, composer Tod Machover joined an online audience together with pianist Tae Kim in an experience that fused Web-based interaction with a live piano performance. This demo centered on the Cauldron app built at the Media Lab for the "Festival City" project commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival. The app is populated with the sounds of …
What to see in Edinburgh
This guide from The Scotsman and WOW247 highlights its top 13 picks from the Edinburgh International Festival. "Festival City" gets a nice shout out... Yay! 13 stand-out shows at the Edinburgh International Festival The RSNO perform a suite of works inspired by “film noir, big-band jazz and the movies of David Lynch”, which includes a world premiere …
Warming up for Dallas
A photo from Death and the Powers is featured this Sunday in the Arts & Leisure section of The New York Times, in an article about technology and opera in composer David Lang's new work. Great way to spark interest in the performance coming up at the Dallas Opera (which will be streamed worldwide) in …
BBC Scotland interview with Tod Machover
From Tod Machover's Facebook: Just did a live interview on BBC Scotland for my FESTIVAL CITY project for the Edinburgh International Festival. We talked about the idea of collecting sounds of the city, mixing those with music, and the hosts had even made their own collage of Edinburgh sounds for me to listen to. You …
Things are heating up in Edinburgh!
Tod was in Edinburgh at the end of May to launch 'Cauldron', the latest app for his collaborative symphony orchestra project commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival. He met with hundreds of school kids, was serenaded by bagpipes (which he now professes a new fondness for), and explored the vast network of subterranean tunnels underneath …
Global TV documentary on “A Toronto Symphony”
The Global TV documentary on A Toronto Symphony aired last week. It shows many pivotal behind-the-scenes moments in the creation of the piece. We hear Tod is working on a video compilation that will include more music. In the meantime, you can watch this documentary by clicking here. (Correction: We have replaced the incorrect link …
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Interview on BBC Scotland (AUDIO)
From Tod Machover's Facebook page: Did a fun live interview today on BBC Radio Scotland about my new Edinburgh "Festival City" collaborative symphony project. It was for a brand new show - The Culture Studio with Janice Forsyth - that premiered...today! My segment starts at 1:34:00 and runs to the end of the show http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rlrmh. There is also a …
The Daily Planet discovers “A Toronto Symphony”
The Discovery Channel's Daily Planet program visits Toronto for an inside look at "A Toronto Symphony". Watch the video here (between 3:00-6:00, roughly)!
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