Name: 【TED】Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music (The transformative power of classical music | Benjamin Zander)
Uploaded: 2014-07-25T23:06:22.000Z
Duration: 20 min 44 s
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Probably a lot of you know the story of the two salesmen

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To-infinitive

They were sent down to find if there was any opportunity

and they wrote telegrams back to Manchester.

And one of them wrote, "Situation hopeless. Stop.

And the other one wrote, "Glorious opportunity.

Now, there's a similar situation in the classical music world,

And there are some of us who think you ain't seen nothing yet.

And rather than go into statistics and trends,

and tell you about all the orchestras that are closing,

and the record companies that are folding,

I thought we should do an experiment tonight -- an experiment.

Actually, it's not really an experiment, because I know the outcome.

But it's like an experiment. Now, before we --

-- before we start, I need to do two things.

One is I want to remind you of what a seven-year-old child

Now, if he practices for a year and takes lessons, he's now eight

Then he practices for another year and takes lessons -- now he's nine.

Then he practices for another and takes lessons -- now he's 10.

Now, if you'd waited, if you'd waited for one more year,

Now, what happened was not maybe what you thought,

which is, he suddenly became passionate, engaged,

involved, got a new teacher, he hit puberty, or whatever it is.

What actually happened was the impulses were reduced.

And the second, with an impulse every other note.

And the 10-year-old, on every eight notes.

And the 11-year-old, one impulse on the whole phrase.

I know -- I don't know how we got into this position.

I didn't say, "I'm going to move my shoulder over, move my body."

which is why I call it one-buttock playing.

You know, a gentleman was once watching a presentation I was doing,

He was the president of a corporation in Ohio.

And I was working with this young pianist

and I said, "The trouble with you is you're a two-buttock player.

And I moved his body like that, while he was playing.

And suddenly, the music took off. It took flight.

There was a gasp in the audience when they heard the difference.

And then I got a letter from this gentleman.

I went back and I transformed my entire company

Now, the other thing I wanted to do is to tell you about you.

are absolutely passionate about classical music.

You adore classical music. Your FM is always on that classical dial.

And you have CDs in your car, and you go to the symphony.

And your children are playing instruments.

You can't imagine your life without classical music.

That's the first group; it's quite a small group.

Then there's another group, bigger group.

These are the people who don't mind classical music.

You know, you've come home from a long day,

and you take a glass of wine, and you put your feet up.

A little Vivaldi in the background doesn't do any harm.

These are the people who never listen to classical music.

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