TED Talks Music

by TED

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Some of the world's greatest musicians and researchers showcase the power and science of music onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can also download these and many other videos free on TED.com, with an interactive English transcript and subtitles in up to 80 languages. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.

Singing old poems to life | Natalie Merchant
Apr 9, 2010 – 00:29:18
"Love Is a Loaded Pistol" | Thomas Dolby
May 7, 2010 – 00:04:36
Songs of secrets and city lights | Sophie Hunger
May 28, 2010 – 00:23:04
How to engineer a viral music video | Adam Sadowsky
Jun 4, 2010 – 00:11:11
How architecture helped music evolve | David Byrne
Jun 11, 2010 – 00:16:00
Hurdy-gurdy for beginners | Caroline Phillips
Sep 17, 2010 – 00:05:41
My web playroom | Ze Frank
Oct 15, 2010 – 00:18:00
A one-man orchestra of the imagination | Andrew Bird
Nov 5, 2010 – 00:19:19
A whistleblower you haven't heard | Geert Chatrou
Feb 11, 2011 – 00:11:36
A modern take on piano, violin, cello | Ahn Trio
Feb 25, 2011 – 00:09:04
Singing the primal mystery | Claron McFadden
Mar 25, 2011 – 00:10:34
A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong | Eric Whitacre
Apr 1, 2011 – 00:14:14
On violin and cello, "Passacaglia" | Robert Gupta + Joshua Roman
May 27, 2011 – 00:09:21
This is beatjazz | Onyx Ashanti
Jun 17, 2011 – 00:06:08
A cello with many voices | Maya Beiser
Jun 17, 2011 – 00:20:09
A flirtatious aria | Danielle de Niese
Sep 30, 2011 – 00:05:55
Trusting the ensemble | Charles Hazlewood
Oct 7, 2011 – 00:19:36
There are no mistakes on the bandstand | Stefon Harris
Dec 9, 2011 – 00:13:11
"Women of Hope" | Morley
Jan 13, 2012 – 00:05:10
The debut of the British Paraorchestra | Charles Hazlewood + British Paraorchestra
Jan 15, 2012 – 00:13:21
The beautiful math behind the world's ugliest music | Scott Rickard
Jan 20, 2012 – 00:09:43
"Family Tree" | Inara George
Feb 14, 2012 – 00:03:19
Building US-China relations ... by banjo | Abigail Washburn
Apr 13, 2012 – 00:06:13
Music and emotion through time | Michael Tilson Thomas
May 7, 2012 – 00:19:52
Beats that defy boxes | Reggie Watts
May 25, 2012 – 00:09:43
Dancing with light | Quixotic Fusion
Jun 1, 2012 – 00:12:22
A young guitarist meets his hero | Usman Riaz + Preston Reed
Jul 6, 2012 – 00:16:50
New ways to see music (with color! and fire!) | Jared Ficklin
Jul 13, 2012 – 00:10:00
The mad scientist of music | Mark Applebaum
Aug 3, 2012 – 00:16:50
Teen wonders play bluegrass | Sleepy Man Banjo Boys
Nov 21, 2012 – 00:05:02
Dance, tiny robots! | Bruno Maisonnier
Feb 26, 2013 – 00:03:09
The art of asking | Amanda Palmer
Mar 1, 2013 – 00:13:47
Virtual Choir Live | Eric Whitacre
Mar 22, 2013 – 00:12:32
The violin, and my dark night of the soul | Ji-Hae Park
May 24, 2013 – 00:12:24
The polyphonic me | Beardyman
Aug 2, 2013 – 00:11:10
In the key of genius | Derek Paravicini and Adam Ockelford
Aug 9, 2013 – 00:19:21
To hear this music you have to be there. Literally | Ryan Holladay
Jan 10, 2014 – 00:06:11
How sampling transformed music | Mark Ronson
May 9, 2014 – 00:16:50
How I started writing songs again | Sting
May 30, 2014 – 00:23:15
The DIY orchestra of the future | Ge Wang
Jun 26, 2014 – 00:17:36
Why I take the piano on the road ... and in the air | Daria van den Bercken
Oct 3, 2014 – 00:09:30
Hidden music rituals around the world | Vincent Moon and Naná Vasconcelos
Nov 14, 2014 – 00:24:13
A moving song from women in prison for life | The Lady Lifers
May 15, 2015 – 00:09:36
An 11-year-old prodigy performs old-school jazz | Joey Alexander
Jun 19, 2015 – 00:06:28
Home is a song I've always remembered | Teitur
Oct 9, 2015 – 00:10:49
The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds | Meklit Hadero
Oct 16, 2015 – 00:12:50
The enchanting music of sign language | Christine Sun Kim
Oct 28, 2015 – 00:15:17
A musical escape into a world of light and color | Kaki King
Nov 6, 2015 – 00:11:18
A beatboxing lesson from a father-daughter duo | Nicole Paris and Ed Cage
Dec 11, 2015 – 00:06:48
"Redemption Song" | John Legend
Jul 1, 2016 – 00:08:38

Recent Reviews

LASHAE FAV

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TheBoiLaroi

Nope.

I know i may be young and inexperienced, but as a decent (better than my teacher at this point) musician, this is really not explained well. Not a fan.
gnauck

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buttercreampillow

Phenomenal

TED talks are a beautiful resource for the world. I love the way music gathers here. @ nick turner: well played.
Emilie Kelly

Don't believe everything you read in the reviews. See for yourself.

I have to balance out these reviews. These TED talks are truly amazing if you are interested in the science or theory of a range of things because you get to hear groundbreaking lectures from brilliant minds at the forefront of their fields. You can NOT compare them to other podcasts like Tiesto because it would be like comparing oranges with firetrucks. So please don't hate on things because they simply aren't for you. The point is that TED talks are fantastic but they are clearly not for everyone.
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The age of free commenting and reviews.

TED Talks share brilliant minds across the spectrum of thought. The same can't be said for the review section.
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Crap

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The 01.

Um

No