Biography Tod Machover
has been widely praised for music that boldly breaks traditional artistic and cultural boundaries, offering a unique and innovative synthesis of acoustic and electronic sound, of symphony orchestras and interactive computers, of operatic arias and rock songs, and that consistently delivers serious and powerful messages in a accessible and immediate way. Machover was Director of Musical Research at Pierre Boulez’s IRCAM Institute in Paris [1978–85]. Since 1985, he has been Professor of Music & Media, and Director of the Music Group at the MIT Media Lab. Machover’s music has been performed by many of the world’s most important performers and performing organizations, such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Sinfonietta, the Ensemble InterContemporain [Paris], the Ensemble Modern [Frankfurt], the Tokyo String Quartet. In addition to his work as a composer, Machover is widely noted as a designer of new technology for music.