The November issue of Wired UK is devoted to the M.I.T. Media Lab. Fun to see so many friends and colleagues profiled in it! The article on Tod Machover provides a grand sweep of his career, from Tod's first encounter with the 4X synthesizer at IRCAM to his current work on "A Toronto Symphony" and …
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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 spoke yesterday at Wired 2012, a conference curated by Wired UK magazine to "explore the ideas, innovations and people that are reshaping our world." The magazine's write-up about Tod's presentation is now available online and quotes some remarks about the current project in Toronto: "When Toronto Symphony Orchestra asked me to write a symphony, I …
"...But Not Simpler..." is on the cover of the current issue of Fanfare magazine. Fanfare also houses a collection of articles about Tod Machover's music. Here's a terrific interview by Carson Cooman that provides excellent background on Tod's work along with some interesting observations. We like this: Whatever the next directions his work takes, there’s no …
The "A Toronto Symphony" project is receiving some nice media attention! The CBC's popular morning radio program, Metro Morning, aired an interview with composer and project mastermind Tod Machover on the morning of June 14. Click here to listen. The Toronto Star has invited its readers to send in their "sounds of Toronto" and plans to report …
The popular technology blog Gizomodo sent an intrepid reporter to try out the enhanced Sleep No More experience during its beta test run. The result is this rich description of getting lost inside the creepy McKittrick Hotel. Donning a mask that on occasion transmits urgent, mysterious messages to her, she slowly realizes that the set …
We stumbled across another excellent review of Tod Machover's latest CD "...but not simpler..." on AllMusic.com. They totally get what the music is about: ...Machover never loses sight of the emotional side of music that engages the listener naturally, viscerally...For anyone who is tempted to dismiss all modern music as "strange" or inaccessible, this album will prove …
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On his recent journey to Singapore, Tod met more than the usual quota of intriguing figures from the world of music and digital entertainment. One of them was Bob Lefsetz, an entertainment lawyer whose take-no-prisoners blog Lefsetz Letter is reputed to be the most widely read in the music industry. Described by Wired magazine as …
At last the story can be told! For the past several months, the Opera of the Future team has been cranking away on a top-secret project to create an enhanced version of Sleep No More, the runaway hit theater experience currently playing in New York City. Last week, they beta tested the system with live …
The venerable Gramophone, which bills itself "The world's unrivalled authority on classical music since 1923," just came out with an excellent review of Tod Machover's most recent CD, "...but not simpler..." The review notes that Machover's technological innovations, such as Hyperinstruments and Hyperorchestra, "have crucial and winning impacts on the expressive possibilities of Machover's music, as can …
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