Tod Machover

Background

Machover, Tod was born on November 24, 1953 in New York City. Son of Carl and Wilma Machover.

Education

Student, University California, Santa Cruz, 1971-1973; student, Columbia University, 1973-1974; Bachelor of Medicine, Julliard Institute, 1975; MM, Julliard Institute, 1977.

Career

Principal cellist, National Opera of Canada, Toronto, 1975-1976; composer-in-resident, IRCAM, Paris, 1978-1979; director musical research, IRCAM, Paris, 1980-1985; professor music Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1985; director experimental media facility, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1987; co-director Things that Think Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1995. Appearances and interviews in the international press, radio, television, and online media including recent specialists on Cable News Network, Columbia Broadcasting System, ABC, Public Broadcasting Service, Music Television, Human immunoglobulin heavy-chain-variable region -1, the Discovery Channel, the British Broadcasting Corporation, Radiotelevisione Italiana (Italy), ORF (Austria), Australian Broadcasting Company, Fuji television (Tokyo), HotWired, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, Centre National d'Études des Télécommunications, among others.

Achievements

• Tod Machover has been listed as a noteworthy Composer, music educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married June Kinoshita, June 12, 1994.

Father:

Carl Machover

Mother:

Wilma Machover

Spouse:

June Kinoshita