Tod Machover



Tod Machover

Tod Machover, called “America’s most wired composer” by the Los Angeles Times, is known for his innovative, influential compositions as well as for designing new technologies for music. He is the Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Music & Media at the MIT Media Lab, where he directs the Opera of the Future Group.

Machover has received numerous prizes and awards, including the “Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres” from the French government and the Ray Kurzweil Prize for Music and Technology. He is renowned for his pioneering work with Hyperinstruments, which extend musical expression for virtuosi like Yo-Yo Ma and Prince, as well as for children, for the ill and disabled, and for the general public through games like Guitar Hero, which grew out of his Lab.

Machover is especially recognized for his unusual operas, including the robotic Death and the Powers, which premiered in Monaco and the U.S. during the 2010/2011 season, and was Finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Machover was curator of the Toronto Symphony’s New Creations Festival in March 2013, when A Toronto Symphony – which he composed in collaboration with the entire city of Toronto – was premiered.

Talks

Tod Machover - Making Music

Tod Machover officially launches his A Toronto Symphony project, wherein he will...