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The transformative power of classical music

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Benjamin Zander |

TED2008

• February 2008

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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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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Benjamin Zander

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A leading interpreter of Mahler and Beethoven, Benjamin Zander is known for his unyielding energy and charismatic pre-concert talks.

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Another kind of soul music

Settle in and listen to powerful accounts about the effect classical music has on the human spirit, set to Bach's Goldberg Variations in a half-hour program from BBC Radio 4.

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