Quotes by Tod Machover

About Tod Machover:

Tod Machover is a composer and an innovator in the application of technology in music. He is the son of Wilma Machover, a pianist and Carl Machover, a computer scientist.
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Works of art should be stimulating. They should wake people up rather than acting like a sedative.

Tod Machover

My message is to forget about dichotomies. The 'Brain Opera' is an opera, even if it does not tell a story in the usual way. It is a psychological journey with voice - so I do consider it an opera.

Tod Machover

The basic idea of a hyper instrument is where the technology is built right into the instrument so that the instrument knows how it's being played - literally what the expression is, what the meaning is, what the direction of the music is.

Tod Machover

Nobody talks about music as having intrinsic meaning, how it engages the mind.

Tod Machover

My work on hyper instruments started with simple instruments, like the piano.

Tod Machover

Author Bio

  • NameTod Machover
  • Descriptioncomposer
  • BornNovember 24, 1953
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionComposer; Music Educator