Tod sends Halloween greetings from the fair city of Montreal, where he was paying a weekend visit to catch up with friends and check out the new concert hall. Took in an afternoon concert with the Montreal Symphony under the baton of maestro Kent Nagano. Did you know that Tod and Kent go back to …
Glasschord’s Future Shock features Death & the Powers
Tod Machover shares his thoughts about "Death and the Powers" inĀ Glasschord, a magazine of arts and culture founded by a community of emerging artists. The current issue is dedicated to artists confronting the future, certainly a theme that is central to DATP. In the opera, the opportunities and challenges of the future are explored through …
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Score for Tod Machover’s ‘Sparkler’ now available
The score for Tod Machover's 'Sparkler' (2001), for orchestra and electronics, is now available to view and order online through Boosey & Hawkes. Also available are the scores for 'Jeux Deux' (2005) and 'Skellig - Opera in 2 acts'. Here are audio clips from Sparkler. The recording will be available very soon on a new …
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Kickstarter blogs about Tod Machover’s new album
As we enter the final week of our Kickstarter campaign, with just under $2,500 left to reach our goal, we are delighted and honored to have Tod's music and CD project featured on the Kickstarter blog. The interviewer asked excellent questions and put together a very entertaining article. Enjoy, and thank you for helping us …
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Personal Opera in London
Tod is just back from a whirlwind trip to London where he brainstormed with director Braham Murray, his collaborator on Resurrection and Skellig, about new opera and theater concepts, and launched a new project with theater group Punchdrunk (more soon on these soon). But first he swung by the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden …
“…but not simpler…” – New Machover CD in the works!
Tod Machover is completing work on a new Bridge Records CD called ...but not simpler.... TheĀ album draws from Tod's instrumental works composed over the past decade, including "Sparkler" (commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and premiered at Carnegie Hall), "Jeux Deux" (commissioned by the Boston Pops and premiered at Boston Symphony Hall), "...but not simpler" …
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Death and the Powers recording session
This just in from Tod Machover's Facebook: "Finished the DEATH AND THE POWERS recording today with two fabulous sessions. All the singers, the BMOP players, conductor Gil Rose, and the whole recording and tech team did an amazing job. I am SO happy that the music is in the can; now we enter the editing …
Todem Machoverem
We just received another magazine interview in Czech, this one from Novy Prostor (download PDF:Ā On connection between music and people). Here's what it looks like:
BBVA Open Mind publishes “Future Opera for Robots…”
The 2011 edition of "Open Mind: Sharing Knowledge for a Better Future," features a chapter written by Tod Machover, "Ćpera del futuro paraĀ robots y tambiĆ©n paraĀ personas" (Future Opera for Robots and People Too), available in Spanish and English. Tod delves into the role of music in our lives and the potential of technology to distance …
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Evocative Objects – “My Cello”
Here's another buried treasure, a chapter written by Tod Machover for Evocative Objects: Things We Think With (M.I.T. Press), a collection of essays compiled by sociologist and M.I.T. professor Sherry Turkle. Before Tod embarked on a career as a composer, he was a cellist. (During a break from college, he toured as principal cellist with …
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