Robert Lepage, Der Ring des Nibelungen. Metropolitan Opera. Credit: Ken Howard.
Robert Lepage
Versatile in every form of theater craft, Robert Lepage is equally talented as a director, playwright, actor and filmmaker
2012
2011-12
Terry Riley, Terry Riley's 80th Birthday Concert, 2015. Photo: L. Barry Hetherington.
Terry Riley
Minimalist legend
April 18, 2015
John Chowning playing the Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer at Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
Credit: Chuck Painter / Stanford News Service
John Chowning
The inventor of FM synthesis, John Chowning revolutionized the music industry.
2012
Jason Moran. Image courtesy of the artist.
Jason Moran
Adventurous jazz pianist Jason Moran presents an improvisation of music, sound, movement and video with longtime collaborator, MIT professor and performance art icon Joan Jonas.
2011
The Ascoli Ensembe. Image courtesy of the artists.
Ascoli Ensemble
Vocal ensemble using technology to reconstruct unusual medieval repertoires
Robert Wilson at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Robert Wilson
Visionary avant-garde director Robert Wilson’s experiments in theater and opera have definitively shaped the art form for generations to come
2011
Visiting Artist Jamshied Sharifi
Jamshied Sharifi
Composer, producer, and keyboardist Jamshied Sharifi '83 premiered "Awakening" in commemoration of the revolutionary uprisings of the Arab Spring
2012
Bang on a Can performs at the FAST New Music Marathon Concert. Credit: Christine Southworth.
Bang on a Can
With an ear for the new, the unknown, and the unconventional, Bang on a Can strives to expose worldwide audiences to exciting and innovative music.
2012
Ben Houge. Image courtesy of the artist.
Ben Houge
Working at the nexus of music composition, video games, performance, sound installation, and digital art, Ben Houge explores the sonification of real-time data with MIT researchers.
2012
Image: Vik Muniz at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Vik Muniz
Shifts in scale, photographic manipulation, and unexpected materials
Florian Hecker. Credit: Leon Chew.
Florian Hecker
In his installations, live performances and publications, Florian Hecker’s psychoacoustic experimentations dramatize perceptions of sound and space in an immersive intensity.
Trevor Paglen, Courtesy of the Artist