already and not yet: A world premiere by Tod Machover
Kent Nagano conducts Mendelssohn "Reformation"
Kent Nagano
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Antonine Saito
already and not yet: A world premiere by Tod Machover
- +Pre-concert Talk
- +Pre-concert Talk
As a visionary composer, inventor and faculty director of the MIT Media Lab, Tod Machover’s boundless imagination for exploring technology’s place in the world through music has resulted in commissions with leading orchestras around the world, seven musically and technologically innovative operas, collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, and the Boston Pops, and groundbreaking work with medical and wellness practitioners. The premiere piece incorporates a live AI system that collaborates with each BSO musician while also creating surprising links and blends across the orchestra, providing what the composer calls a “possible, positive vision” for the future of democracy. This new commission for the BSO reflects our legacy of driving innovation in orchestral music. Leading this varied program is esteemed American conductor Kent Nagano, a longtime champion of Machover’s work.
As a visionary composer, inventor and faculty director of the MIT Media Lab, Tod Machover’s boundless imagination for exploring technology’s place in the world through music has resulted in commissions with leading orchestras around the world, seven musically and technologically innovative operas, collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, and the Boston Pops, and groundbreaking work with medical and wellness practitioners. The premiere piece incorporates a live AI system that collaborates with each BSO musician while also creating surprising links and blends across the orchestra, providing what the composer calls a “possible, positive vision” for the future of democracy. This new commission for the BSO reflects our legacy of driving innovation in orchestral music. Leading this varied program is esteemed American conductor Kent Nagano, a longtime champion of Machover’s work.
As a visionary composer, inventor and faculty director of the MIT Media Lab, Tod Machover’s boundless imagination for exploring technology’s place in the world through music has resulted in commissions with leading orchestras around the world, seven musically and technologically innovative operas, collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, and the Boston Pops, and groundbreaking work with medical and wellness practitioners. The premiere piece incorporates a live AI system that collaborates with each BSO musician while also creating surprising links and blends across the orchestra, providing what the composer calls a “possible, positive vision” for the future of democracy. This new commission for the BSO reflects our legacy of driving innovation in orchestral music. Leading this varied program is esteemed American conductor Kent Nagano, a longtime champion of Machover’s work.
Thu, Oct 22
Pre-concert Talk by Robert Kirzinger
Pre-concert Talk by Robert Kirzinger
Concert Start
Concert Start
Sat, Oct 24
Pre-concert Talk with George Lewis & Tod Machover
Pre-concert Talk with George Lewis & Tod Machover
Concert Start
Concert Start
Supported by
Technology & Our Humanity is supported in part by Dr. Andrew S. Plump and Dr. Suzanne D. Plump.
Commission Support
Tod MACHOVER already and not yet
Commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director, through the generous support of the New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Technology and Our Humanity
Engage with the shifting relationship between technology, creativity, and the human experience through panels, talks, and an inventive BSO world premiere performance.
View Events Oct. 19–25
Supported by
Technology & Our Humanity is supported in part by Dr. Andrew S. Plump and Dr. Suzanne D. Plump.
Commission Support
Tod MACHOVER already and not yet
Commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director, through the generous support of the New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Technology and Our Humanity
Engage with the shifting relationship between technology, creativity, and the human experience through panels, talks, and an inventive BSO world premiere performance.
View Events Oct. 19–25
Supported by
Technology & Our Humanity is supported in part by Dr. Andrew S. Plump and Dr. Suzanne D. Plump.
Commission Support
Tod MACHOVER already and not yet
Commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Music Director, through the generous support of the New Works Fund established by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Technology and Our Humanity
Engage with the shifting relationship between technology, creativity, and the human experience through panels, talks, and an inventive BSO world premiere performance.
View Events Oct. 19–25
