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          Tod Machover has been called “America's most wired composer” by The Los Angeles Times, and “a musical visionary” by The New York Times....

          Tod Machover

          American classical composer

          Tod Machover (born November 24, 1953, in Mount Vernon, New York), 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.

          Tod Machover has invented many new technologies for music, most notably his Hyperinstruments that use smart computers to augment musical expression and.

        1. Tod Machover () displayed a multi-faceted musical talent by composing in many different forms: orchestral, rock, electronic, opera, etc.
        2. Tod Machover has been called “America's most wired composer” by The Los Angeles Times, and “a musical visionary” by The New York Times.
        3. A pioneering composer whose works often incorporate emerging musical technologies.
        4. Machover studied with Elliott Carter and Roger Sessions at The Juilliard School and was the first Director of Musical Research at Pierre Boulez's IRCAM in Paris.

          5. He was named Director of Musical Research at IRCAM in 1980. Joining the faculty at the new Media Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1985, he became Professor of Music and Media and Director of the Experimental Media Facility.

          Currently Professor of Music and Media at the MIT Media Lab, he is head of the Lab's Hyperinstruments/Opera of the Future group and has been co-director of the Things That Think (TTT) and Toys of Tomorrow (TOT) consortia since 1995.

          In 2006, he was named visiting professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has composed significant works for Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Matt Haimovitz, the Ying Quartet, the Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharm