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Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB TED Fellow and OneBeat Fellow, Artist, Composer, Multi-instrumentalist. 21 Yea

LJ Rich has a remarkable and rare condition called synaesthesia. A kind of ‘mingling of the senses’ that can manifest itself in a number o

Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations and surrounding environment. In this captivati

Jennifer Strum calls the viola the “middle child of the string instruments.” Through a mixture of talk and performance, she offers a compe

Laima Jansone is the most accomplished and the most promising Latvian traditional kokle player, who is especially gifted in the demanding art of impro

English with French subtitles Graduated from Rice University in the United States and from the Academy of Lausanne, Zhang Zhang shows us with enjoymen

VERBAL is a hiphop MC who has collaborated with a variety of musicians, including m-flo . He is a member of the famous rap group TERIYAKI BOYS® and ha

Ryutaro Kaneko knows the booming, heart-pounding rhythms a taiko drum can produce: he toured the world as a central performer of famed drum troupe Kod

A member of the celebrated string trio Orchestrio Zurich—also known as “the smallest orchestra in the world”—Noriko Kawamura started playing violin at

The greatest artists are those who manage to soar creatively yet stay grounded. Tokiko Kato has won the Japan Record Award twice, made over seventy al

Steffin Johnson began playing piano at the age of 4 and was a yearly participant in the Ohio Music Federation’s competitions. He attended Stiver

Master percussionist Winchester Nii Tete hails from the honorable Addy-Amo-Boye clans of drummers in Ghana. His finely textured repertoire echoes exub

With each note I play, a world is created in my head. Born in Pakistan, Usman is an artist, a performing musician, a composer, and a film-maker. His c

Few people would consider the ukulele a serious musical instrument. Until, that is, they hear Jake Shimabukuro play one. Jake’s uncommon compositions

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/from-aaliya… Jonathan Mannion once convinced rapper DMX to climb into a pool of blood — all in