Tod is currently attending Music Matters, part of the All That Matters conference going on this week in Singapore. Top executives and creatives from major players in the global music industry get to mingle over five days at what conference organizers describe as a gathering of “all that matters in music, entertainment, technology and media.” …
A one-stop-shop for performing organizations interested in Tod Machover’s “Sparkler”, a work for orchestra and electronics. “Machover’s controlled venturesomeness in terms of rhythm, tempo, and dynamics makes the music so scintillating that “Fireworks” would have been a likelier title for this work…” – Phil Muse “Sparkler (2007) sparkles. There’s a wealth of color-drenched details: virtuosic wind passages juxtaposed …
The delightful folks from Germany’s musikFabrik dropped by the MIT Media Lab yesterday for a chat with Tod Machover and a chance to see some of the music technology developed there. The Cologne-based ensemble was in town to rehearse for tomorrow night’s concert at Harvard’s Paine Hall, where they will perform six new works by …
A one-stop-shop for performing organizations interested in Tod Machover’s “Jeux Deux”, a work for orchestra, Yamaha Disklavier and electronics. Machover utilizes his “hyperpiano” concept, in which the grand piano, played with consummate sensitivity by Paul Chertock, interacts with the Yamaha Disklavier in a way that augments, transforms and splinters the music, sometimes releasing a volley of pre-composed notes in …
Listen up! The Classical Discoveries radio program on WPRB 103.3FM (Princeton, NJ) is airing Tod Machover’s opera “Resurrection” in full this Sunday, May 6, from 6:00-10:00AM (the music begins at 7:00AM). The broadcast will be available for download as an MP3 for two weeks. Host and producer Marvin Rosen “celebrates new music and living composers” …
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 …
A one-stop shop for performing organizations interested in Tod Machover’s “Hyper Dim Sums”, short works for string quartet “Machover’s exquisite attention to line and form is most evident in the trio of splendid short works for string quartet” – Phil Muse LISTEN – Excerpts To request a CD or MP3 of full tracks please email junekino@media.mit.edu for a …
A one-stop-shop for performing organizations interested in Tod Machover’s “…but not simpler”, a work for string quartet “Mr. Machover’s new quartet, “… but not simpler …,” is a vigorous, exciting study in speediness, full of tremolando figures, racing lines and iridescent passages..” – The New York Times “Lovely themes emerge from seeming disorder and the narrative is a …
Last week’s experiment at the MIT Media Lab tested out a new system to allow the listening public to express musical preferences to a pianist who responded in real time. Tae Kim’s tour de force of improvisation drew a highly engaged crowd both at the Media Lab and online, as well as some media attention. …
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You can take part today in the latest experiment for the Toronto Symphony project? In a message posted on the project website Tod Machover explains: Welcome to an experiment in collaborative improvisation! On Tuesday, April 24th from 3:00–5:00 pm EST, we’ll be offering the possibility for you to join us at the MIT Media Lab to help shape …
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Opera of the Future 