Music

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

8:38

John Legend

"Redemption Song"

Posted Jul 2016
15:32

Tim Harford

How frustration can make us more creative

Posted Jan 2016
7:01

Nicole Paris and Ed Cage

A beatboxing lesson from a father-daughter duo

Posted Dec 2015
11:31

Kaki King

A musical escape into a world of light and color

Posted Nov 2015
15:17

Christine Sun Kim

The enchanting music of sign language

Posted Oct 2015
13:03

Meklit Hadero

The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds

Posted Oct 2015
10:49

Teitur

Home is a song I've always remembered

Posted Oct 2015
6:28

Joey Alexander

An 11-year-old prodigy performs old-school jazz

Posted Jun 2015
9:36

The Lady Lifers

A moving song from women in prison for life

Posted May 2015
9:26

Dawn Landes

A song for my hero, the woman who rowed into a hurricane

Posted May 2015
6:26

Bill T. Jones

The dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magic

Posted May 2015
9:50

Aakash Odedra

A dance in a hurricane of paper, wind and light

Posted Dec 2014
24:13

Vincent Moon and Naná Vasconcelos

Hidden music rituals around the world

Posted Nov 2014
9:30

Daria van den Bercken

Why I take the piano on the road … and in the air

Posted Oct 2014
12:58

Megan Washington

Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking

Posted Aug 2014
17:36

Ge Wang

The DIY orchestra of the future

Posted Jun 2014
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Exclusive articles about Music

What making music does to your brain

What’s it like to have a song inside your head, itching to get out? A neuroscientist and a songwriter compare notes from the frontier of music and science. Music is the most com...
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