TED Talks

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11:41

Tom Thum

The orchestra in my mouth

Views 35M

20:43

Benjamin Zander

The transformative power of classical music

Views 15M

4:35

Annie Bosler and Don Greene

How to practice effectively...for just about anything

Views 13M

4:29

Anita Collins

How playing an instrument benefits your brain

Views 13M

9:43

Reggie Watts

Beats that defy boxes

Views 12M

13:47

Amanda Palmer

The art of asking

Views 12M

17:51

Shah Rukh Khan

Thoughts on humanity, fame and love

Views 11M

4:32

Yossi Elran

Can you solve the prisoner boxes riddle?

Views 10M

8:47

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys

Bluegrass virtuosity from ... New Jersey?

Views 9.1M

18:59

Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi goes back to high school — and shares what he's learned

Views 7.6M

18:55

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Flow, the secret to happiness

Views 7M

32:09

Evelyn Glennie

How to truly listen

Views 6.5M

5:07

Marco Tempest

The magic of truth and lies (and iPods)

Views 6.2M

5:16

Tim Hansen

How to read music

Views 5.9M

16:50

Mark Applebaum

The mad scientist of music

Views 5.6M

16:50

Usman Riaz + Preston Reed

A young guitarist meets his hero

Views 5.4M

14:34

Eric Whitacre

A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong

Views 4.9M

16:50

Mark Ronson

How sampling transformed music

Views 4.9M

12:41

Ji-Hae Park

The violin, and my dark night of the soul

Views 4.8M

7:01

Nicole Paris and Ed Cage

A beatboxing lesson from a father-daughter duo

Views 4.8M

9:43

Scott Rickard

The beautiful math behind the world's ugliest music

Views 4.5M

4:04

Betsy Schwarm

Why should you listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"?

Views 4.3M

11:40

Dessa

Can we choose to fall out of love?

Views 4.3M

15:32

Tim Harford

How frustration can make us more creative

Views 4.1M

12:42

Rébecca Kleinberger

Why you don't like the sound of your own voice

Views 4.1M

20:51

Itay Talgam

Lead like the great conductors

Views 4M

17:04

Roger Antonsen

Math is the hidden secret to understanding the world

Views 3.9M

3:04

Bobby McFerrin

Watch me play ... the audience!

Views 3.4M

24:41

Sirena Huang

An 11-year-old's magical violin

Views 3.3M

9:35

Neil Harbisson

I listen to color

Views 3.3M

5:11

Rob Reid

The $8 billion iPod

Views 3.2M

17:38

Guy Hoffman

Robots with "soul"

Views 3M

4:17

Rodrigo y Gabriela

An electrifying acoustic guitar performance

Views 3M

17:06

Gustavo Dudamel and the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra

El Sistema's top youth orchestra

Views 2.9M

11:56

Geert Chatrou

A whistleblower you haven't heard

Views 2.8M

11:10

Beardyman

The polyphonic me

Views 2.8M