From PRWeb Cambridge, MA and Yerevan, Armenia. The opulent Armenian Opera Theater in the heart of Armenia’s capital Yerevan will reverberate with some truly fresh sounds on the evening of February 25, 2012, as two of Armenia’s elite musical ensembles dig into new pieces composed entirely by children from Armenia and the United States. The concert, “A-to-A: …
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Join us for the world premiere of Hyperscore compositions co-created by children in the U.S. and Armenia. The pieces will be performed by the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and DOGMA, Armenia’s most popular rock band. The event will be streamed live from the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in Yerevan, Armenia. We heard a few excerpts of the new …
Teams in Cambridge, MA, and Armenia are working furiously to prepare for the concert next Saturday, February 25, at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in Armenia. School kids in Boston and Armenia collaborated to create new music, composed with Hyperscore software. Go give them a listen here: Hyperscore: The World in Harmony Update: The site will go live to the public …
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NPR’s classical music reviewer Tom Huizenga featured Tod Machover’s concerto for hyperpiano, “Jeux Deux” on the February 12th broadcast of Weekend Edition. Listen to the podcast to hear what Huizenga had to say, and catch a snippet from the recording. “Jeux Deux” is now available on Tod’s new CD “…but not simpler…”, at Bridge Records. …
From Tod’s Facebook – “Next “unusual” project: I’ve invited the whole city of Toronto to join me to compose an orchestra piece, on commission from the Toronto Symphony. I’ll be curating their New Creations festival next season, and this will be a centerpiece. Premiere in March 2013; more info soon. The project was announced today …
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This week, the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO) is convening its seminar on music education, The Art of Music Education Volume III, Hamburg 25-27 January 2012. Tod Machover will be addressing the gathering on Friday, January 27, to speak about “New technologies for audience engagement.” In addition to reviewing past projects (“Brain Opera” and “Toy Symphony” …
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Los Angeles Times music critic Mark Swed made the 90-minute drive up to Santa Barbara last week to attend Tod Machover’s talk on “Music, Mind and Health: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Well-being through Active Sound,” one of four lectures he gave recently at the university’s Sage Center for the Study of the Mind. In today’s issue, Swed …
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The M.I.T. Media Lab attracts people whose quirky passions and eclectic skill make them misfits in traditional academic departments. Founding director Nicholas Negroponte likes to call the lab a salon de refusés, a roomful of rejects. One such refusé was Ben Bloomberg, an undergraduate who loves pop music and entertainment technology. In the current issue of …
This is a lovely holiday surprise!! Chicago Classical Review named Death and the Powers among The Top 10 Performances of 2011. The review states: “Tod Machover’s envelope-pushing Death and the Powers was the undisputed opera highlight of the year in Chicago.” That’s humbling considering the vibrant, outstanding opera scene for which the Windy City has long been known. Read the rest of …
Never a dull moment in Tod Machover’s life! Last week, Gary Grice aka GZA/The Genius, a founding member of rap supergroup the Wu-Tang Clan, paid Tod a visit at the Media Lab. Turns out that GZA is a science/tech groupie! Two days later, Tod was visiting the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. There, he had a chance encounter with …
Opera of the Future 