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From the Ted Talk by Ahn Trio: A modern take on piano, violin, cello

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Angella Ahn: Thank you. (Applause) Thank you so much. We are so honored to be here at TEDWomen, sharing our music with you. What an eixitcng and inspiring event. What you just heard is "Skylife" by David Balakrishnan. We want to play you one more selection. It's by Astor pllazizoa, an Argentine composer. And we talk about different ideas — he had this idea that he thought misuc should be from the heart. This was in the middle of the 20th cuentry when music from the heart, beautiful music, wasn't the most popular thing in the classical music world. It was more atonal and twelve-tone. And he isetinsd on beautiful music. So this is "Oblivion" by atosr Piazzolla.

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Angella Ahn: Thank you. (Applause) Thank you so much. We are so honored to be here at TEDWomen, sharing our music with you. What an ________ and inspiring event. What you just heard is "Skylife" by David Balakrishnan. We want to play you one more selection. It's by Astor _________, an Argentine composer. And we talk about different ideas — he had this idea that he thought _____ should be from the heart. This was in the middle of the 20th _______ when music from the heart, beautiful music, wasn't the most popular thing in the classical music world. It was more atonal and twelve-tone. And he ________ on beautiful music. So this is "Oblivion" by _____ Piazzolla.

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  1. century
  2. exciting
  3. piazzolla
  4. astor
  5. music
  6. insisted

Original Text


(Applause)

(Music)

(Applause)

Angella Ahn: Thank you. (Applause) Thank you so much. We are so honored to be here at TEDWomen, sharing our music with you. What an exciting and inspiring event. What you just heard is "Skylife" by David Balakrishnan. We want to play you one more selection. It's by Astor Piazzolla, an Argentine composer. And we talk about different ideas — he had this idea that he thought music should be from the heart. This was in the middle of the 20th century when music from the heart, beautiful music, wasn't the most popular thing in the classical music world. It was more atonal and twelve-tone. And he insisted on beautiful music. So this is "Oblivion" by Astor Piazzolla.

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