It really doesn’t seem that long ago when apples were fruits, tablets were taken for headaches, Jordan was a Hashemite Kingdom, and classical music was something you had to really look for, pay a lot for, and not really get as it wasn’t really for you. In fact it wasn’t really for anyone. Most people at classical concerts couldn’t hear the music for the sound of the self congratulatory conversations going on in their own head, imagining the chat at the work place the next day – “Oh the Elgar was divine, but the champagne was warm” and so forth. You might start to think that we’re beginning to sound like a stuck record, but the internet really is changing this.

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Eric Lewis is an incredible experimental jazz/rock pianist from New Jersey.  He performed this february at TED and think you’ll agree that this performance shows how exciting and challenging classically inspired music can still be.  Eric melds discordant notes with shockingly beautiful and subtle melody and his music is underpinned by a rich narrative.  At least that’s what I think!

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