WBUR (90.9FM) launched its "Visionaries" series today with a feature about Tod Machover. The program airs one more time today, at 5:50PM EST, and should be available later on as a podcast. The transcript of the story is available online, together with this new video showing some of the projects at the MIT Media Lab's …
On WBUR Tuesday – Boston Visionaries
Listen for Tod Machover on WBUR (90.9FM) series on Boston Visionaries this Tuesday, April 10. The program airs during Morning Edition at 6:35 a.m. and 8:35 a.m., and All Things Considered, at 5:50 p.m. Reporter Bianca Vázquez Toness visited Tod in his 18th-century barn-studio for a wide-ranging conversation, met the chickens, goats and cats, and even asked …
Toronto Symphony project – Sign up for updates
The website has launched for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's project with composer Tod Machover to create a new work with participation by the people of Toronto. The website features a welcome message from Tod along with an invitation to sign up to participate. Anyone can sign up to receive email updates. The website also asks …
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Audiophile Audition reviews “…but not simpler…”
TOD MACHOVER: ‘…but not simpler…’ & other works – Bridge Records - by Daniel Coombs "...I knew just enough about the work of Tod Machover to have a generally positive opinion and to think that I knew his “style” with its heavy reliance on electronics (as one writer declared him to be “America’s most wired composer.”) …
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From the U.S. to Armenia, Kids Build a Musical Bridge
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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Live stream: The World in Harmony
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 …
From America to Armenia – Building a Musical Bridge
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 Classical reviews “Jeux Deux”
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. …
Kids collaborate across 8,700 km to compose music
We had the opportunity last week to witness a new piece of music take shape at the M.I.T. Media Lab. Instead of flowing from the pen of a lone latter-day Mozart, this composition emerged on a computer screen from the collective efforts of two classrooms engaging in a composing charrette via a Skype connection. A …
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Review: Machover CD an “absolutely stunning experience”
by Phil Muse for Atlanta Audio Video Club, reproduced here with permission “…but not simpler,” music of Tod Machover The iO String quartet; Michael Chertock, hyperpiano Paul Mann, Odense Symphony Orchestra Bridge Records I know I’m getting along in years when I start encountering composers that I’m old enough to beat up. In the case …
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Opera of the Future 