Tod Machover will be back in Toronto on Thursday, May 9, to give a talk at the Jackman Humanities Institute of the University of Toronto at 5pm. He will be speaking about A TORONTO SYMPHONY, related projects, and the future (!). If you're in town that day, go and check it out! For details, see Mediated …
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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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The official blog for Tod Machover's newest project, "Festival City", has just been launched. Please visit and sign up for updates! "Festival City" is an orchestral work commissioned by the 2013 Edinburgh International Festival. It will receive its world premiere on August 27, 2013, by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
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)!
No rest for the weary! This just in from the Edinburgh Festival: A crowd sourced orchestral work by boundary breaker Tod Machover is just one of the many highlights of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival programme. Set over three weeks this August, the EIF’s line-up includes an homage to Allen Ginsberg with Philip Glass and Patti Smith; a new commission from experimental …
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Saturday evening saw the successful debut of Tod Machover's "A Toronto Symphony", described aptly by conductor Peter Oundjian in this BBC News interview as "the most collaborative piece of music that has ever been written." Nearly a year in the making, the new work was commissioned by the Toronto Symphony for its New Creations Festival. …
Check out the CBC's MetroMorning interview with Tod Machover. Click here. Toronto Symphony Orchestra conductor Peter Oundjian and composer Tod Machover talk about the genesis of Toronto's new "crowdsourced" symphony. Sneak preview of "A Toronto Symphony" in rehearsal. Read the story and watch the video by clicking here -> A Toronto Symphony: CN Tower light show …
The Opera of the Future team has been sleepless in Toronto, frantically finishing the audio and visuals that will accompany the world premiere of "A Toronto Symphony" whilst squeezing in rehearsals in between New Creations Festival performances. Tickets are available here. The spectacle will spill out beyond the confines of Roy Thomson Hall to take …
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Tod Machover is on the cover of this month's International Arts Manager magazine (London-based), which also has a really good feature article about the "A Toronto Symphony" project and its implications: According to Machover the Internet has opened up participation on a scale that at the moment we can’t fully appreciate. ‘We have a voice through …
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With less than a month (!) to go until the world premiere of "A Toronto Symphony", we're starting to see some press coverage. Check out this excellent feature story in the city's leading general circulation magazine, Toronto Life. To order tickets for the March 9 premiere, click here. It's both fabulous and quite insane," [conductor …
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