At the Princess Grace Theatre in Monaco, the Futurum Association celebrated its fifth anniversary on Saturday, July 18, with a private screening of an Opera by the renowned American composer Tod Machover.
Since the world premiere of the opera organized with the support of the Futurum Association in 2010 at Monaco’s Garnier Hall, Tod Machover has achieved great success. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2012 and is a composer and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Today, according to the Los Angeles Times, he is the most famous composer of “connected” music. The composer invented a new technology applied to music with “Hyperinstruments,” which have been played by musicians like Yo-Yo Ma and Prince.
Renowned primarily for his visionary operas, the famous composer returns to Monaco with his work “Death and the Powers” after a world music tour. Numerous concerts have been held in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, and will soon take place in Asia, South America, and the Middle East.
A truly revolutionary opera, the composer’s work is the first to combine lyrical art and cutting-edge technology. An opera with singers, robots, and technicians, in a “Space Odyssey” atmosphere. A work that reconnects with the Egyptian obsession of overcoming time and death.
As part of the activities of the Futurum Association, an evening will be organized on Tuesday, October 27, 2015, to present the Futurum Award to the Catalan artist, musician, and performer Neil Harbisson for his involvement in utilizing new technologies in the service of Art and Science.
