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Posted on July 23, 2012

From Our Archives: Toy Symphony in Dublin

"I can play [the Hyperviolin] and it will sound like a flute or a human voice, yet using the technique of the violin that I have learnt. The possibilities are limitless...And the kids respond to it because it is current. Their imaginations are stimulated, they're having fun, and they know they are part of something special. That excites …

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Posted on July 9, 2012

Hyperscore in Action: A-to-A Project

One of the core ideas in Hyperscore, the composing software developed by Tod Machover's team at the M.I.T. Media Lab, is that music is built from "motifs" - small melodies and rhythm patterns - which are assembled into larger musical structures. In this video, Tod coaches a groups of children in Armenia and the U.S. as …

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Posted on July 3, 2012July 2, 2012

Toy Symphony in Glasgow (2002)

We wanted to share this lovely video footage from our archives. On June 2, 2002, Tod Machover's Toy Symphony was performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony under the baton of Gerhard Markson. Renowned violinist Joshua Bell played a special "hyperviolin".  He shared the spotlight with kids playing Beat Bugs and Music Shapers, as well as a children's chorus. …

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March 7, 7:30 p.m. ET. World premiere of Tod Machover's Overstory Overture, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. Joyce DiDonato and the Sejong Soloists, Conducted by Earl Lee

March 16, 7:30 p.m. Korean Standard Time. Asian premiere of Tod Machover's Overstory Overture, Seoul Arts Center. Joyce DiDonato and the Sejong Soloists, Conducted by Earl Lee

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Death and the Powers (DVD blu-ray)

Superb blu-ray of the Dallas Opera's 2014 production. “Death and the Powers doesn’t point the way to a new era of opera. It’s there. Now.” - Philadelphia Inquirer

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Tod Machover Recordings (click image to order)

 

In SACD, this CD provides an ideal opportunity to savor the richness, subtlety, variety and originality of Machover’s music.

 

 

“…manages to be at once technically rigorous, hard-charging, and hugely visceral.”
– The Boston Globe

 

 

“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

 

”A milestone and a noble achievement”
– Lloyd Schwartz, National Public Radio

 

 

 

”…one of the brightest and most intelligent of new American operas”
– Andrew Porter, The New Yorker

 

 

 

“…the music leaves an indelible aural effect upon the ear in its colorful writing, swirling figurations, and immediacy.”
– David DeBoor Canfield, Fanfare

 

 

”…Best of the Year”
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