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Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music

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Uploaded on Jun 27, 2008

http://www.ted.com Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate.

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  • semt9

    semt9 2 months ago

    Probably one of my favourite TED talks. Really enjoyed this :)

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  • AeSaar

    AeSaar 1 month ago

    It's not fair..why am I crying?

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  • MrKockabilly

    MrKockabilly 3 days ago

    Watching this video is one of the best 21 minutes of my life.

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  • travellingsuitcase

    travellingsuitcase 6 days ago

    Chopin. It was just one piece :)

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    in reply to inzamam34 (Show the comment)
  • happyfreethinker

    happyfreethinker 1 week ago

    I've loved classic music now i love it more than before

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  • BrianAnd Laura

    BrianAnd Laura 2 weeks ago

    Thank You.

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  • geographyihate

    geographyihate 2 weeks ago

    k545 sonata in c, e- prelude

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  • inzamam34

    inzamam34 2 weeks ago

    What are the pieces that he played?

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  • msbassilcy

    msbassilcy 2 weeks ago

    great...

    

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    Tyler Blevins 2 weeks ago

    This guy is a great example of hilaritas, a quality of my personality I aim to achieve.

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