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These TED Talks — from maestros, musical virtuosos and the occasional robot — take you into the world of creating and conducting music.

Video playlists about Music

Live music, onstage at TED

10 talks • 2h 6m

We've cued up two hours of live music straight from the TED stage. Listen for a wide range of virtuoso musicians -- on some very surprising instruments ...

Maestros, if you please ... !

10 talks • 3h 26m

These extraordinary maestros bring you into the world of writing and conducting music.

The Remix

9 talks • 1h 52m

DJs make remixes, cross-pollinating old sounds with new. But all of us engage in this conversation between the past and present, making ideas resonate over and over again.

Björk: 6 talks that are music to my ears

6 talks • 1h 1m

Björk picks 6 TED Talks that she simply adores, from a mushroom burial suit to a virtual choir of thousands.

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Talks about Music

Swizz Beatz

How to support and celebrate living artists

Posted Jun 2020

Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin

A historical musical that examines black identity in the 1901 World's Fair

Posted Nov 2019

Muthoni Drummer Queen

Creativity builds nations

Posted Sep 2019

Dessa

Can we choose to fall out of love?

Posted Aug 2019

Lindsay Amer

Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality

Posted Jun 2019

Es Devlin

Mind-blowing stage sculptures that fuse music and technology

Posted May 2019

Nora Brown

"East Virginia" / "John Brown's Dream"

Posted Mar 2019

Esha Alwani

What it's like to have Tourette's — and how music gives me back control

Posted Mar 2019

Tom Thum and Matthew Broadhurst

What happens in your throat when you beatbox?

Posted Mar 2019

Renzo Vitale

What should electric cars sound like?

Posted Jan 2019

Madame Gandhi and Amber Galloway-Gallego

Music with a message should be accessible

Posted Dec 2018

Paul Rucker

How my mom inspired my approach to the cello

Posted Nov 2018

A Tribe Called Red

"We Are the Halluci Nation"

Posted Oct 2018

Matt Russo

What does the universe sound like? A musical tour

Posted Oct 2018

Elizabeth Cawein

How to build a thriving music scene in your city

Posted Sep 2018

Luke Sital-Singh

"Afterneath" / "Killing Me"

Posted Sep 2018

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