Production Advice posted this great write-up: TEDx Aldeburgh - a rough guide. The post was written by Ian Shepherd, the founder of Production Advice, a professional producer and senior mastering engineer at leading independent mastering facility SRT (Sound Recording Technology), based just outside Cambridge in the UK. The blog covers the entire event, which included talks by such …
Spheres and Splinters – new work by Tod Machover
Spheres and Splinters (2010) by Tod Machover Commissioned by Faster Than Sound for Aldeburgh Music Premiered 2010 November 12 (Britten Studio, Snape, U.K.); November 13 (Kings Place, London, U.K.) Peter Gregson, Hypercello UnitedVisualArtists, interactive visuals Ben Bloomberg, ambisonic and audio technology Peter Torpey (MIT Media Lab), interactive music software Spheres and Splinters is a new …
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King’s Place Podcast – Tod Machover interview
Oh cool! Here's an interview with Tod Machover for the King's Place podcast series. Tod spoke with the interviewer via phone from his MIT Media Lab office. Tod describes the idea behind the new work he will be presenting at the upcoming November 13 concert at King's Place London. He will be premiering "Spheres and …
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Tod Machover in Aldeburgh, England, Nov 4-12, 2010
Tod Machover is spending the next week and a half in the Aldeburgh, a small English seaside town noted for its association with Benjamin Britten and year-round music events. Tod will be leading the New Music New Media course for emerging professional composers and musicians. Working with Peter Gregson, Ben Bloomberg and United Visual Artists, …
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Death and the Powers Premiere – Video
Check out this footage from the world premiere performance of Death and the Powers. We get to hear audience reactions. Composer Tod Machover describes how everything came together flawlessly - a huge achievement in itself given the sheer complexity of all the technology, lighting and audio, as well as the demands of the opera itself. …
Interview with Tod Machover 3: From the Libretto to Monaco
This is the third of the three-part interview with Tod Machover discussing the history of Death and the Powers. Here, Tod talks about how the project evolved from the first draft of the libretto to today's full-scale production, from about 2004 to 2010. This is probably my favorite interview I've filmed to date - you …
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Interview with Tod Machover 2: Assembling the Creative Team
This is the second of Tod's three-part interview about the history behind Death and the Powers (didn't I tell you we had a LOT to talk about?). Here, Tod discusses how the first part of the creative team came together - Robert Pinsky, Diane Paulus, Randy Weiner, and Alex McDowell - and worked as a …
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Interview with Tod Machover 1: The Idea Behind Death and the Powers
Tod and I got together during an extremely rare moment of down time to shoot this interview a few days ago, right inside the beautiful Opéra de Monte-Carlo, or Monte Carlo Opera House. We had so much to talk about that I decided to cut up his interview into a few installments, starting with how …
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Through Tod’s camera lens – September 15, 2010
By iPhone from Tod: "I just got to my hotel in Paris after a very delayed (air traffic controller strike:) flight from Nice and the longest taxi line at Orly airport that I've ever seen (and that's saying a lot!!!). About to go to sleep so I can get up early and be at the …
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Tod’s MIT class this fall
Just to give you an idea of what else Tod is up to, as though he weren't busy enough already with Death and the Powers premiering in (gulp!) two weeks!
Opera of the Future 