Another score at TED talks. "Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes."
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Wish my music teacher was like this guy.
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Posted on: August 5, 2008 3:02 PM, by David Ng
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Great lecture...kudos on the find.
Posted by: CR McClain | August 5, 2008 3:29 PM
Thanks for this. Zander is a very talented conductor, and he talks superbly about music as well.
Posted by: Scott Belyea | August 5, 2008 4:59 PM
Wow. That talk is only tangentially about classical music.
Posted by: decrepitoldfool | August 5, 2008 10:25 PM
That talk is only tangentially about classical music.
For him, music is not separate from the rest of life. Actually I am fortunate to have had some teachers who have that same attitude. You ask about music, and they talk about love, about life, about death, about passion.
From that viewpoint, they are talking about music.
Posted by: yogi-one | August 8, 2008 6:32 AM