The Ahn Trio: A modern take on piano, violin, cello

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