The iconic sci-fi opera VALIS, first composed by Professor Tod Machover in 1987, reboots at MIT for a new generation.
The 27 finalists will explore the technology’s impact on democracy, education, sustainability, communications, and much more.
The iconic sci-fi opera VALIS reboots for a new generation
At MIT, Tod Machover’s ‘VALIS’ receives its first staged production in over two decades
Professor Tod Machover, head of the Media Lab’s Opera of the Future group, talks to the Washington Post about AI, music, & human creativity.
The new Center will provide music education to students across North Texas, in cooperation with the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group.
"I want to see you."
"When I fell asleep that night, I had a dream."
Media Lab professor Tod Machover performed a new musical composition, "A Little Hub Symphony," during the SA+P advanced degree ceremony.
Q+A sessions on two research projects with contributors from MIT and the Media Lab will be livestreamed from the ISS on May 26 and May 28.
GAMMIFIED was Professor Machover's first attempt to create a musical work based around therapeutic Gamma frequencies.
The Axiom Mission 2 launch will carry a variety of research from the MIT Media Lab to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 21, 2023
The HUMANS nanowafer, an MIT Space Exploration Initiative student-led project, will travel to the ISS this month, and later to the moon.
The tech-forward composer Tod Machover has made a chamber opera of Richard Powers’s novel “The Overstory,” featuring Joyce DiDonato.
Tod Machover, head of Opera of the Future, talks about his career, his creative approach, and his latest work, "Overstory Overture".
Tod Machover, head of the Media Lab’s Opera of the Future group, talks to MIT News about his new operatic work, "Overstory Overture.".
Media Lab director Dava Newman and professors Tod Machover and Joseph Paradiso spoke during a tribute to Glorianna Davenport.
The Boston Globe takes a tour around the new MIT Museum, highlighting a number of exhibits and events related to the Media Lab.
Machover’s Overstory Overture is a 30-minute work, for a single voice, chamber ensemble, and electronics.
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Supported by a $100 million founding gift, the academy will deepen the integration of design across the Institute and beyond.
Gramophone contributor Laurence Vittes spotlights Tod Machover’s “Death and the Powers,” an opera about robots and humans.
Music | Machines - Professor Tod Machover in conversation with the team from Death and the Powers.
The themes and concerns of Death and the Powers seem even more relevant and resonant than when the opera premiered a decade ago.
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Gammified includes stereo electronics that play continuously throughout the piece, with the start of each of the five tracks marked in score
Explore five new releases from the Kronos Quartet’s Fifty for the Future collection, including Tod Machover’s GAMMIFIED
Sasha Costanza-Chock presents key insights from their book Design Justice.
Some links to accompany a talk on “Possible Futures for Music and Medicine.”
New adjunct associate professor combines fine arts and coding.
Marc Downie, Paul Kaiser, and Shelley Eshkar collaborated on Loops, an exploration of Merce Cunningham's life and work.
Opera of the Future head Tod Machover reflects on the recent peace workshop and concert on Jeju Island
Tod Machover and Charles Holbrow discuss how they're building the tools and platforms for a culture of living music
Opera of the Future head Tod Machover talks to Korea JoongAng Daily about “Symphony for the Koreas.”
A selection of recent press coverage on Tod Machover's newest opera, Schoenberg in Hollywood.
You probably won’t find anything resembling the rest of the opera in any Schoenberg biography anywhere.
An enticing historical drama explores the conflict between maintaining artistic integrity and an artist’s longing to reach a wider audience.
Karole Armitage, the distinguished choreographer, is directing the world premiere of 'Schoenberg in Hollywood,' composed by Tod Machover.
Machover, known for his use of new technologies to expand music, was moved by Schoenberg’s commitment to maintain his artistic integrity.
As an intellect and creator, Schoenberg would have fit right into the Lab.
Visionary composer Tod Machover is unleashing his latest marriage of technology and tradition: "Schoenberg in Hollywood."
On November 14, the Boston Lyric Opera will present the World Premiere of Schoenberg in Hollywood, a new opera by Tod Machover, the Muriel …
Check out a preview of Professor Tod Machover’s latest opera, Death and the Powers, which will premiere in Monaco in September and then tou…
Tod Machover describes the premiere of his recent opera, Death and the Powers.
A chain reaction between the arts and the sciences, MIT’s Festival of Art, Science and Technology was a year-long celebration of creativity…