Manaswi Mishra

Manaswi Mishra is a sound artist, PhD researcher in the Opera of the Future research group, MIT Media Lab, and a student researcher at Google DeepMind. His research explores strategies and frameworks for a new creative age of composing, performing and learning music using A.I., centered around bespoke human and cultural intent. Manaswi’s research on creating novel A.I. musical instruments can be seen in the development and performance of operas [like VALIS (2023), FLOW Symphony (2024), AI-Sitar Jugalbandi (2025), The Boston Symphony Orchestra with Tod Machover (premiering in October, 2026)] and exhibitions across the world. Manaswi is also a founding instigator of the Music Technology Community India - organizing conferences, curriculum and community events focused on the Indian arts and technological context.