'Turceasca' | Silk Road Ensemble

Grammy-winning Silk Road Ensemble display their eclectic convergence of violin, clarinet, bass, drums and more in this energetic rendition of the traditional Roma tune, "Turceasca."

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[jomiar]

I saw a documentary about the Silk Road Ensemble on a recent flight, and I was an instant fan! I love their work!

[dylanharris]

You know, if you don't want to see music on TED, you don't have to. Just don't click on the video! It's that easy.

[borhex]

JAOOO GDE ME NAĐEEE!!!!
(Serbian shout for enjoying this kind of music too much)
beautifull!

[ddorman]

Thank you very much for your beautiful music, peace and love, Doug.

[zafersonmez]

I am Turkish and this is clearly from our soil. Many thanks for posting 👍

[aaronstrager]

Unpopular opinion time: Music is fun and cool???

[kubjj]

Omg this sounds so Turkish to me. Especially to what the gypsies in Turkey produce. They're great at making music and in some way this sounds to like their music.

[MacoveiVlad]

This is a strange mix. Apparently the ensemble was created by Yo-Yo Ma and it clearly includes a diverse group but with no roma or romanian members. The ensemble plays a song that it claims to be a traditional roma song but the title is in Romanian. What is the link? The violin solo at the start sounds similar to the work of one of the great Romanian composers but i see no other link. I guess the "attribution" of the song is intentionally hazy to convey more ethnic diversity...

[roxennetiny]

fantastic.. didnt notice but did each one given time to solo play?

[petnikolaos]

whats the name of the instrument the guy with the tiny tappers was using? it sounded amazing :o

[terminator]

This is not Roma music this is ROMANIAN music sung by Roma musicians please be accurate in your video descriptions.

[evansanchez]

carrier wheel charity successfully need all double.

[nightangel]

A female bassist? Thank you. And this was amazing.

[drud-dhev]

Just replace all of the political crap on TED with music. Much better!

[felixthecrazy]

While I like the elements very much, this just felt too busy to appreciate it.

[chipsweaters]

This is played like white folks who play the blues or hip hop though..

[unriginaluser]

As wonderful as this cellist is, I'm a little disappointed that it's not Yo-yo Ma.

[VCGConstruction]

Take this back to the silk road, tell them we dont want it

[fivl]

I'm just glad it's not a feminist speech

[sansamman]

OMG they looked like kids going to the neighbour hoods garage and play with their parents and neighbours instruments then find an epic music xd i think they where all average because its super easy when you play music your self, idk thats what i think ...