Beauty will always decide the future | Garry Cohn | TEDxDublin Salon
In our drive to make the world efficient, scalable, and productive, we stopped designing it to feel alive. Garry Cohn challenged this trade-off and asked a direct question: if humanity is eroding, can beauty restore it before it’s too late? Garry showed our audience: - Why beauty is not superficia
In not understanding: Finding ourselves through contemporary music | Xiaoyu Lin | TEDxSCIE Youth
“I don’t understand.” It’s the phrase most often whispered in front of contemporary art, but what if confusion is the point? Through music, silence, and radical compositions from Schoenberg to John Cage, Xiaoyu reveals how contemporary art breaks rules not to alienate us, but to free us, inviting ea
Eu, sambista | Marquinhos de Oswaldo Cruz | TEDxRio Salon
No palco do TEDxRio, Marquinhos nos conduz por uma travessia que vai muito além da música. Ele fala sobre o que é ser sambista — não como profissão, mas como identidade, pertencimento e responsabilidade cultural. Sua fala mergulha nas origens do samba, mostrando que essa expressão nasce da resistên
Kathak Narrative Performance | Ms Neha Yadav & Ms. Sanjhi Yadav | TEDxSunbeam Varuna Youth
A soulful Kathak Narrative Performance unfolded at the heart of the event, weaving movement, music, and meaning into one powerful expression. Rooted in the sacred soil of Varanasi, the performance carried the grace, storytelling, and spiritual depth that define this classical art. More than a dance
Jak přetavit bolest v krásu | Terezie Kovalová | TEDxPragueWomen
Violoncellistka Terezie Kovalová otevřeně hovoří o svém boji s vážnými psychickými i fyzickými obtížemi. Co jí pomohlo k návratu do života? Violoncellista, zpěvačka a skladatelka Terezie Kovalová stojí za desítkami oceňovaných hudebních projektů a spoluprací. Po letech hraní pro potlesk objevila úp
Breaking the Myth: A Woman with a Tabla | Anuradha Pal | TEDxIIM Sambalpur
What happens when you refuse to fit into the roles society has already decided for you? In this powerful talk, tabla maestro Anuradha Pal shares her journey of entering a male-dominated, lineage-driven classical music world as a young girl with no musical background. From facing early scepticism to
The Sounds of Tomorrow: China's Electronic Instrument Renaissance | Yukes 玉刻 | TEDxZizhu Park
Yukes 玉刻 uses an electronic organ to play “the sound of the future.” He расскаnts how synthesizers have found new life within Chinese culture—moving from imitating the sounds of traditional instruments to creating entirely new auditory languages. As he puts it: “Technology shouldn’t replace traditio
Where Tradition Meets the Present | Dr. Srija Ramakrishna | TEDxAmity University Bengaluru
Traditional art forms survive not because they are old, but because they continue to offer meaning. Indian classical dance, with its rhythm, storytelling, and discipline, carries cultural knowledge that risks being lost if younger generations disengage. Preserving these forms is not about resisting
节奏与声音的魔法：用嘴巴“造”一个世界 | Dirking 郑向垵东 | TEDxNanshan Salon
创造，不需要昂贵的工具，只需要你的身体和想象力。 作为中国Beatbox冠军，郑向垵东被称为“行走的音响”，擅长用声音和节奏即兴创作出令人难忘的现场音乐。 在这场演讲中，他将带你用声音构建画面，用节奏讲述故事。通过现场演绎，带你发掘属于每个人的独特创造力，用身体和声音去构建无限可能。 中国Beatbox冠军 原创音乐人 This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https:/
Sonatas & Stoicism | Adrian Locklear | TEDxColumbus State U
Adrian Locklear is a resilient musician from West Georgia whose work spans performance, public musicology, and community engagement. Specializing in bass and contrabass clarinet, he has toured nationally with the Schwob Wind Ensemble and Schwob Philharmonic Orchestra. Adrian is also a writer, resear
Free Improvisation | Two Cellos at TEDxBerlin | Moritz Ebert & Simon Hoffmann | TEDxBerlin Salon
What happens to music when you let trust and improv-theater tools lead the way: When you stop trying to be interesting and start trying to be interested? When musical liveliness and playful openness take the upper hand over perfection and being liked. Cellists Simon Hoffmann and Moritz Ebert sculpt
Em caso de apocalipse, dance! | Lu Bazanella | TEDxUnisinos
Lu Bazanella utiliza a arte e o humor como resistência para preservar a criatividade e o espírito crítico diante do colapso das estruturas modernas. Ao aceitarmos que estamos vivendo o apocalipse, somos convidados por ela a "dançar”, literal e metaforicamente, para transcender o presente. O foco é u
Making Melodies Out of Chaos | Haider Mustehsan | TEDxFASTLahore
Uncertainty is often feared as a lack of direction, but musician Haider Mustehsan (HYDR) redefines it as "entropy"—the natural flow from order to chaos that is essential for creativity. From battling the "uncertainty of identity" as a third-culture kid to making a split-second decision at an airport
Stworzeni, żeby tańczyć. Wychowani, żeby siedzieć | Paulina Mazur | TEDxWarsaw Women
Paulina zadaje pytanie - dlaczego przestaliśmy tańczyć? Naturalną ludzką muzykalność i potrzebę rytmicznego ruchu zamieniliśmy na smutne i zbyt poważne życie w pozycji „wiecznie siedzącej”. Co z tym zrobić? Możemy być: opanowani, ale martwi, albo żywi! Paulina pokazuje, co może się wydarzyć, kiedy z
Jak można mówić rytmem? | Beata Kędzia-Sowa | TEDxWarsaw Women
W swoim wystąpienia, Beata - instruktor stepowania, pokazuje, że każdy ma w sobie rytm i może nim się komunikować. Podkreśla, że taniec to historia o relacjach oraz emocjach, które są w każdym z nas. Dźwięk i ruch sprawi, że porozumiewamy się bez słów, jesteśmy jednością i budujemy społeczność. Tanc
O clarinete: uma baliza sem limites | Frederic Cardoso | TEDxTarouca
E se uma máquina do tempo nos fizesse viajar até setembro de 2001? Vestir o equipamento de guarda-redes do Escalão de Iniciados do A. D. R. Tarouquense e estar debaixo dos postes de uma das balizas do Estádio Municipal de Tarouca? À tua frente, uma equipa arrojada e abnegada, lutando pela amizade e
Resurrecting the dead: Opera and the power of storytelling | Rebecca Renfro | TEDxSHSU
Opera, with its soaring melodies and dramatic narratives, has long captivated audiences, but beneath the spectacle lies a deeper mythic structure. In this talk, Dr. Rebecca Renfro explores how Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey framework reveals the timeless psychological and spiritual arcs embedded i
AI 的创作能打动我们吗？Can AI Creativity Move Us? | 赵汗青 Zhao Han Qing | TEDxPetalingStreet
“AI 不会让所有内容变得千篇一律，而是会拉开通用与稀缺内容的差距。” 在独立探索 AI 创作的路上，赵汗青始终在揣摩：AI 能否创造出真正打动人心的内容？ 三年来，他和团队经历了从跨时空对话实验，到 AI 短片，再到虚拟歌手 Yuri 出圈的全过程。Yuri 的作品在全球收获千万次播放和真实反馈，也让他从怀疑、矛盾，到慢慢相信这种创作模式。那就是，当 AI 的工业水准跨越临界点，它真的能带来全新的情感体验。 在他看来，AI 的加入将重新定义创作的本质。而这场变革势必点燃全新的可能性，开启属于创作者的黄金年代。 “AI will not make all content identic
Quando a música narra quem somos | Gabriella Dias | TEDxManaus
A música é ponte entre memória, corpo e lugar, especialmente quando nasce da experiência singular de quem sente o território na pele e no som. Nesta palestra, Gabriella Dias compartilha como sua trajetória musical, ancorada na MPB, na musicalidade afro-amazônica e em repertórios que celebram a rique
Rimar para existir: O palco como espaço de afirmação | Anna Suav | TEDxManaus
Para Anna Suav, a rima é mais do que expressão artística, é sobrevivência, identidade e presença. Como MC da Amazônia, sua voz carrega vivências marcadas pelo território, pelo corpo e pela necessidade de ocupar espaços historicamente negados. Nesta palestra, ela compartilha como a música se tornou i
Günümüzde Müzisyen Olmanın Yol Haritası | Selen Gülün | TEDxBeşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian HS
Günümüzde müzik, tarihte hiç olmadığı kadar ulaşılabilir ama aynı zamanda hiç olmadığı kadar kaybolmuş durumda. Algoritmaların dinleme alışkanlıklarımızı yönlendirdiği, müziğin görüntülere fon olarak yerleştirildiği bu çağda gerçek anlamda müzisyen olmak, yeni bir cesaret ve yeni bir yol haritası ge