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Dong Xi Music: Percussionist and Yanqin virtuoso improvise East-West musical dialog

Tom Teasley and Chao Tian • TEDxTysons

Award winning world percussion fusing American jazz, world music and funk converses with spellbinding virtuosity and Chinese folk melodies on the yanqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer). In this completely improvised performance for TEDxTysons, the audience is taken on a magical tour of the Silk Road for modern times.

Award winning world percussion fusing American jazz, world music and funk converses with spellbinding virtuosity and Chinese folk melodies on the yanqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer). In this completely improvised performance for TEDxTysons, the audience is taken on a magical tour of the Silk Road for modern times.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxTysons, an independent event.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxTysons, an independent event.

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