We just received another magazine interview in Czech, this one from Novy Prostor (download PDF: On connection between music and people). Here's what it looks like:
Tod Machover Interview in Czech Magazine
The Czech publication Novy Prostor just posted this lengthy interview, recorded when Tod was attending the Prague Quadrennial (see article here) this past June. The article is in Czech, but this Google translations captures the gist of it (with some hilarious mangled syntax): A BRIDGE BETWEEN MUSIC AND PEOPLE by VINKELHOFEROVÁ M., J. FIALA The …
Prague Quadrennial coverage
Lighting and Sound magazine has published its report on the Prague Quadrennial conference (from page 110). The event held in June 2011 is one of the world's foremost gatherings of theater lighting and sound professionals. Starting on page 113, the article summarizes Tod Machover's talk, which focused on how technologies such as Hyperinstruments, Hyperscore and disembodied …
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, "Ópera del futuro para robots y también para 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 …
Machover’s ‘Chansons d’Amour’ on WHRC
WRHC's "New and Dangerous Music" program will be airing Tod Machover's 'Chansons d'Amour' Tuesday, July 19, at 10-11PM CST. NEW!! Audio clips from 'Chansons d'Amour': End of Movement 1 (Vita Nuova) to Beginning of Movement 2 (Zwischen Himmel und Erde) End of Movement 2 Buy the CD: 'Bounce' (Bridge Records). Here's Tod's comment on this piece: 'Chansons …
Machover’s ‘Bounce’ and ‘Vinyl Cello’ on WHRC
WRHC's "New and Dangerous Music" program will be airing Tod Machover's 'Bounce' and 'Vinyl Cello' Tuesday, July 12, at 10-11PM CST. Buy CDs: 'Bounce' (Bridge Records) and 'Vinyl Cello' (Oxingale). We invited Tod to comment about these two pieces. Here's what he wrote: My compositions Bounce (1992) and VinylCello (2007) were written 15 years apart, so they …
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Opera Now reviews Death and the Powers
What’s up this week
Check out the updated official Death and the Powers website. We appreciate feedback! Tod is on a whirlwind trip to Europe this week, giving talks and meeting with collaborators. He's in Prague today (June 19), where he'll be speaking about the production design and technology of Death and the Powers to audiences attending the Quadrennial of …
Tod Machover’s “Flora” with original HD Video
Tod Machover's composition "Flora" was created in 1989, a collaboration with Japanese computer graphics artist Yoichiro Kawaguchi. The video has been unavailable for a while, but has recently been re-edited by Peter Torpey, a PhD student in Tod's Opera of the Future Group at the MIT Media Lab. Tod writes about "Flora" and this new …
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