What fun! WQXR (105.9FM in New York City) ran a piece on its blog today on "Top Five Musical Pieces for Toys" that includes Tod Machover's "Toy Symphony". The full hour-long program on John Schaefer's New Sounds can be heard here. Not to be confused with the previous work of the same name, Tod Machover’s Toy …
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. …
Science Friday features Death and the Powers
NPR's popular weekly program, Science Friday, this week put a spotlight on Death and the Powers. Composer Tod Machover talks about his desire to use technology to amplify rather than diminish the live human presence in musical performance. You can listen to the podcast here (click on the audio player in the upper left-hand corner). …
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Tod Machover and Diane Paulus at “On Point”
Tom Ashbrook, host of the radio talk show "On Point", conducted a terrific interview today with Death and the Powers composer Tod Machover and director Diane Paulus. The conversation delved into whether today's technology has transformed the age-old human desire to conquer death into a quest that seems plausible and possibly even attainable in the …
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From NPR Archives: An MIT Prof’s Toy Symphony Project
Here's a terrific NPR story we just stumbled across, dating back to the Toy Symphony project: "MIT professor Tod Machover's Toy Symphony project takes electronic instruments to cities in Europe and the United States, where local youngsters with no particular musical background compose their own tunes. One example: "Attack of the Headless Chickens." Independent producer …
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NPR Story: Back Stage at A High-Tech Opera
Shannon Mullen of NPR's All Things Considered interviews Tod Machover about Death and the Powers. The interview was broadcast on Friday, October 15, 2010. Listen here.
Opera of the Future 