Random Talks

Next-generation Japanese didgeridoo performer SMILY first heard the otherworldly tones of the quintessential Australian wind instrument while studying

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

Bruce Huebner’s shakuhachi sound is unbounded by musical convention, flowing from freeform to jazz to Japanese traditional music to Celtic to Western

Caravan of Thieves is a troupe of gypsy-swinging, serenading, fire-breathing musicians who dazzled the TEDxEast attendees with their performance.

Shenan "Shen" Brown - Artist

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

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

Jazz trumpeter and composer Jeff Lofton and pianist/composer Graham Reynolds perform spontaneous improvisation based on Jeff’s original composit

Ana Vidović is one of the youngest virtuoso guitarists in the world. Ana started playing guitar at the age of 5, and by 7 had given her first public p

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

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

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

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

Can you imagine one love? Xiren ends the event with a delightfully composed mash-up of John Lennon and U2. And for the second piece, he uses powerful

Formed by a group of five in 2005, HANDSIGN are known for their buoyant performances that blend dance, song and original sign language. Here in Japan