An MIT news report dated Oct. 21, 2026, described composer Tod Machover's symphony "already and not yet" as scheduled for its world premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Kent Nagano, in performances planned for Oct. 22-24 at Boston's Symphony Hall. The report described the work as combining Media Lab-designed "Live AI" systems and electronics with an orchestral score structured as a meditation on democracy, and said the performances were coordinated with the Media Lab's 40th anniversary. Machover is the Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Music and Media and directs the Opera of the Future group.

The report said the AI tools were designed to highlight individual instrumentalists in the second movement and to build sonic connections across the orchestra and into the hall in the third. Machover credited MIT PhD candidates Manaswi Mishra with designing the AI systems and Ana Schon with sound mixing in Symphony Hall.

A further "City Symphonies" project in Seoul, South Korea, was reported as scheduled to premiere in September 2027. The report quoted Machover on his hopes for the piece; no performance outcome was given.