Random Talks

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

Martynas Levickis & SinChronic repertoire always evolves from splendid baroque pieces to the hits of today’s pop music, aiming to target the cham

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Join Iryna Krechkovsky in this entertaining and delightful p

In 2009, composer Ei Wada and four musician friends―Kimitoshi Sato, Takuya Namba, Yu Yoshida and Tadashi Yoshida―had a wacky retro idea: Let’s mix ana

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Could you live in a world without music? Former DJ and record label owner Jakob Lusensky is dedicated to probing our thoughts on that bleak scenario.

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Duncan Mckee believes that we can learn to improve the way w

Rachel Sui plays Paul Stanhope’s beautiful ‘Dawn Lament’ for solo cello.

“Music has nationalities, but does not have borders.” It was this notion that started Kohei Inoue’s journey to explore the potential of Japanese music

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

The new single by Kris Berry is presented in a unique version with guest musicians Remy van Kesteren and Morris Kliphuis performing alongside her. Kri

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

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Armed with just her cello and a small box of electronics, Zoe Keating is a one-woman orchestra. She records layer upon layer of celio, her feet dancin

Watch award-winning music producer and sound designer Drasko wow the audience at TEDxToronto 2011.

How can we blend the spontaneity and interaction of live ensemble performance with the 21st century’s most powerful instrument? In this visionar