Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes

February 4th, 2010 | by music |
TEDtalksDirector asked:


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.

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  1. 25 Responses to “Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes”

  2. By mikhailsutresno on Feb 5, 2010 | Reply

    DARRYL

    Chopin Prelude in E Minor Opus 28 No. 4

  3. By skisoccer13 on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply

    COLUMBUS

    wow amazing

  4. By PSPman06 on Feb 8, 2010 | Reply

    ANDREAS

    what song is he playing

  5. By Komprimus on Feb 10, 2010 | Reply

    DALTON

    This is way too amazing.

  6. By amyraasch on Feb 13, 2010 | Reply

    DARRYL

    Stunning. I will live by this.

  7. By Shonbi on Feb 15, 2010 | Reply

    GILBERTO

    No. It’s just getting kinda covered. Classical music is giving branches to all these other types of music that keep branching over one another. Hence the classical. There should be at least some classical left. Just heading in a slightly different direction.

  8. By Serduun on Feb 15, 2010 | Reply

    ESTEBAN

    I’m in his youth orchestra, what an incredible experience!

  9. By serithinall on Feb 17, 2010 | Reply

    FRED

    first tear in a while.

  10. By gardaair77 on Feb 18, 2010 | Reply

    ANTIONE

    Wow. It’s nice to watch these kind of videos. Just like what I’ve seen and typed a while ago on YouTube search: “amazing guitar hero” by LJ. He’s Really Awesome!!

  11. By Friedtunafish77 on Feb 21, 2010 | Reply

    FEDERICO

    Howcome you have over 10 minutes?

  12. By DannyDaWriter on Feb 22, 2010 | Reply

    ELROY

    “Focus on the word “surpass.” It does not mean “stop.” ”

    I never said it didn’t. How, your use of the word in your argument makes as if musical greatness has ended with Shostakovich, as it will never be surpassed (in your opinion).

    Also, where did you get this idea that progress means “new and improved”? If anything, that statement is an oxymoron — how can something be already improved if it hasn’t already existed before?

  13. By Jitpring on Feb 22, 2010 | Reply

    CYRIL

    Focus on the word “surpass.” It does not mean “stop.”

    Like many today, captive to this age’s myth of progress and its chronological snobbery, you equate the new with progress. Yours is the consumerist mantra: “New and Improved!!!!” I’m afraid that the new is not equivalent to the improved. The march of time is not equivalent to progress. Indeed, the true Dark Ages are upon us.

  14. By DannyDaWriter on Feb 24, 2010 | Reply

    EFRAIN

    I take it the only classical music you’ve heard is Xenakis?

    (Not that Xenakis is a bad composer, as he is one of the greatest, but he’s frequently viewed as “creepy” to those who haven’t heard his music before.)

  15. By DannyDaWriter on Feb 28, 2010 | Reply

    DARIN

    PointlessCamel: Are we watching the same video?

  16. By DannyDaWriter on Feb 28, 2010 | Reply

    DENNY

    “Nonsense. No one will ever surpass Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, and Shostakovich.”

    Oh? As if music simply stops with Shostakovich?

    The 20th century (and thus the 21st) have many paths in regards to music, both in art (classical) and popular. Would you not agree that this is a sign of progress itself?

  17. By DannyDaWriter on Mar 2, 2010 | Reply

    DOYLE

    I met Benjamin Zander a few months ago, when he conducted the orchestra I am a member of, and gave him a composition of mine. The man is brilliant; a wonderful conductor, and a great orator and speaker — no speech has moved me more than the one he gave at TED 2008 (in this video), and I’m already quite well established in classical music. He’s the kindest person I’ve ever met, and I would love to see him again.

  18. By amazi099 on Mar 4, 2010 | Reply

    CURT

    fantastic..

  19. By Kunkelator on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    ANTON

    How fascinating this presentation is!

  20. By MegOMegOMegO on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply

    ERNEST

    Oprah doesn’t own what she learns.

  21. By MegOMegOMegO on Mar 6, 2010 | Reply

    DARREL

    The myth of progression is humanity. It’s no myth- it’s the magic of human consciousness.

  22. By janapix on Mar 7, 2010 | Reply

    DAVE

    ily

  23. By exstray on Mar 7, 2010 | Reply

    ELMER

    Simply Amazing. This dude has skill!

  24. By Jitpring on Mar 8, 2010 | Reply

    DIEGO

    Then you need to go to my guide post haste. Google these words and click on the first link:

    Abandon Oprahism

  25. By mocherry on Mar 9, 2010 | Reply

    ERIK

    I do, I do, I do. I am part of the mob. It sounds like you are not.

  26. By Jitpring on Mar 9, 2010 | Reply

    DWIGHT

    Do you - like the rest of today’s mob - really believe that Oprahism is the path to enlightenment?

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