Man, she has an amazing voice/lungs. You have to appreciate her voice even though you may not understand the music theory part of it. :)

phenomenal vocalist! so glad I met Claron recently in Bulgaria! wonderful and warm human being as well!

That was so real , sincere. I LOVED IT. made my day!

Didn't understand the last part... so it must be art

What a gorgeous human!

I really enjoyed that. The opening piece was actually stunning, not the least because of the simplicity.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Hearing her amazing singing voice over OST's for Bloodborne are fucking orgasmic to my ears. Edit: Hearing her first song. That last one is something that you listen to if you're tripping balls.

My God!! How marvelous. She's extraordinary!!!!!

i love her

@orladin the artistic value normally lies in what the composer does. john cage was a very experimental composer. If you know the ideas behind the pieces, they're interesting. e.g. how someone can change so quickly between styles of singing etc. He also composed a piece called 4'33 which consists of any number of players with any instruments coming on stage and then not playing these instruments for 4 minutes and 30 seconds. That's more of an experiment :-) but you're right, I'm a musician :-))

that aria in the end gave some crazy goosebumps

She's wonderful.

Amazing, Beautiful very magical.

shes going viral just with the last part is hillarious as hell

That was trippy. cool and weird at the same time.

Woaa...that was so wicked! Even her talking voice is AWESOME haha XD

@vampire4400 im still amazed howard stern still has things to talk about for for 4 hours a day for the past 30 years

THAT WAS AMAZING

Those notes are hard to hit Wow captivating

@orladin music, like language, acquires meaning through repetition and exposure. people who practice almost incessantly attach meaning to so many elements that ordinary people don't. i agree that it carries little to no artistic value, except for the composers/performers themselves, for whom the value of such work is practically sacred. i think it's both beautiful and sad... they hear and feel things no one else can.

starting song ?????????????

god damn beautiful voice!! haters gunna hate!!!

8:00 nina hagen's favorite song

Wondrous beauty!? have you ever heard a baby crying? haha

Feels like she already got Samadhi!!

lol the last part was awesomeness

heck, i'm going to like this. i learned something new. i watch ted to learn new things and about different things.as demented or delightfully clever as the video's topic might be, i'll like it as long as i learn something new, so there. don't question the purpose of the input you are exposed to, question how you can let yourself benefit from it.

The final piece might not have any artistic value but it's a great sort of overall "demonstration" of the human voice. It's not supposed to have any melody or structure, but rather just test out all of the ranges of the human voice. So yes, it does have some value.

not saying it was aliens but...

@MiCKi914 There wasn't much/any typical music theory more or less just directions of pitch that aren't standard in conservatory music.

@orladin I suppose when you structure your life around an artistic practice and become intimately familiar with all the known variables you're far more likely to enjoy a pieces which steps out of a mould has been thoroughly explored. It may notbe technically "good" but it's something new which can later be refined. As opposed to a lay-person who is not concerned with the exploration of the form and is instead concerned with being entertained (an equally valid pursuit)

Amazing, The uh, guy that uh, introduced her uh... Totally blew my uh, suspension of disbelief at the uh, surreality of it uh... all. Seriously though, I don't think I've ever actually enjoyed hearing Aria before. That was amazing

Made me happy.. it's like meditation :))

definitely an ode to the human voice.

the problem is i couldn't find the theme in that song...u know...that song

The short version: "Singing is cool. Here's a weird song!" I don't get what this has to do with TED talks.

SO. MUCH. DISSONANCE. I love it.

mad scientist of music

WHAT IS THE STARTING SONG ? PLEASE TELL ME ?

@ledzeppie art is intimately related to personal perception, so to say this is art or that is not art is to misunderstand art...

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@Neylonx endurance ?

que genia!!!

ahahah that looks like so much fun to do! more music sheets should be like that then music would be more accessible for people who can read notes

It's really hard to find something interesting to talk about everyday .... and what about the song she did at last :|

@gustavoricarte no the music world still isn't too fond of Mr. Cage or anyone who happened to live during his lifetime really, which is really strange considering how popular modern art has become and his visual art equivalent, Duchamp Is famous in and beyond the art world, why as the only other time you're likely to hear cage, is in the Shutter Island soundtrack (and by chance it happens to be his "Music For Marcel Duchamp"). Funny how we practically worship Mozart and plain forget Rembrandt .

I clapped along at the end...

The way she just whips out Summertime... wow. I'm not keen on her personality all that much (from this talk) but she's an incredible musical jewel.

Didn't I hear this song when I watched Avatar?

wow... what a beautiful lady... in all aspects... my respects!!

@MiCKi914 haha no worries I don't even really have a proper name for what that shit is.

@ZachVMNTX1 Ah, well, I'm not a music-theory-person, so my mistake. That's what I meant, though. :D

I bet she could do a stonking version of John Cage's 4 minutes 33 seconds!

absolutely amazing. fuck the haters.

@sogghartha E stands for entertainment. why has nobody else figured this out!

Hmmm. I think I kind of get it, but I'm not really sure. Hmmm.

That was really interesting until the end. Then it was just hilarious!

@chopper753 Then you mean to say the entire thing was interesting? I thought so too.

I liked the talk but hated the last bit of singing WTF was that

I think that dude wrote the piece just to fuck with the artist, then sit back and get a chuckle or two listening to her try and sing it. Some art is really just a joke, and not always a funny one either.

Aria is entertaining, but that's about it.

@vampire4400 you know about thee aliens?

why does this have so many dislikes?

This is very interesting. kinda confusing though.

John Cage more than makes up for the mockery of modern musical thought that was the Ahn Trio

roflcopter on the thumbnail of this video...

Some people only understand linear logic... Modern music demands you do more than simply let the music wash off your ears like so much rainwater

Watched 45 seconds and realized I should be stoned to finish the rest of it.

Neferet.

@geragna I bet you got a lot of culture and stuff. You seem all classy.

i think shes having an aneurysm somebody get help

I... what?

I really can not see the consistence

She's beautiful!!!

Nice voice, but very strange choice of song. If I try to do it by myself, people will think I'm crazy. But, when someone like her does, it's art...

@hwnzero bahaha oky i can agree with that =D

SILENT HILL ???

it's easier to be weird than pleasant john cage is weird

... what

I prefer Ligeti.

Wut...... I don't even......

a m e n

"Incredible" perhaps.. "Flawless" ?!?!?! How do you call random "Flawless"??

Good parts: The message about meditation and focus Bad parts: Everything else.

In thunder i hear the voice of god.

the f

the songa t the start was nice. the talk was good. but that song at the end was just ear-grating

She's so scary.

Everything it's a girl now I just close this off my sub box - except this time so I could leave this comment.

Whenever I see a woman on TED's stage, I know the talk is probably going to suck.

Jesus Christ WTF! still better than Justin Bieber

weird.... somehow cool, but weird :D

The early piece i beautiful and haunting, the latter stuff is a mixture of pretty and joyous and bleh and idiotic faux-art posing rubbish.

You just jealous cause you can't sing along....

I'm not gonna watch this, she can thank all the feminists for my such decision.

Annoying

@SuperiorApostate you are going to deprive talent due to someone elses influence on you, what a sad little man/woman grow a backbone

her expressions seem too acted. I dont like it. It seems fake. Just saying.

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