Tod Machover

Tod Machover is a musician and scientific researcher who frequently integrates technology with musical performance. He currently works at MIT, where he leads a project which designs mechanically-enhanced musical instruments.

Fast Facts

1. Born: November 24, 1953 in Mount Vernon, New York
2. Earned a degree in music composition at Julliard¹
3. Currently a Professor of Music and Media at MIT
4. Assumed position: 1985¹
5. Heads MIT's Lab's Opera of the Future
6. Founded the hyperinstrument project
7. Founding member of the Dublin-based Media Lab Europe¹
8. Spoke at the 2008 Technology Entertainment Design Conference

Hyperinstruments

Since 1985, Machover has led a MIT-based lab in creating technologically-enhanced versions of traditional instruments. Called hyperinstruments, the instruments are modified in order to alter or simplify playing techniques, and modify or extend the sonic range of the instruments beyond what would normally be possible.²

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