ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ji-Hae Park - Violinist
Ji-Hae Park spreads the joy of classical to music to those who might not otherwise hear it -- and in the process shows that you can rock out on the violin.

Why you should listen

Ji-Hae Park was on the fast track to violin stardom when she ... paused. Why was it simply her goal to be the best violin player in the world? Was there more to music than that? And thus she began to think differently about how to "play" her life. Now -- along with playing prestigious concert halls, winning prizes and making a new album for Decca called Baroque in Rock -- she makes time to play in hospitals, churches, prisons, anywhere she feels she can reach people with music. Her friendly, entertaining rearrangements of classical music invite new listeners in.

She was named The Respected Korean 2010  for her leadership and influence on the national development. She is playing on the Petrus Guarnerius 1735, Venedig on loan from the German Foundation (Deutsche-Stiftung- Musikleben) since 2003.

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Ji-Hae Park: The violin, and my dark night of the soul

Ji-Hae Park: El violí i la meua nit fosca de l'ànima.

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En la recerca per convertir-se en una violinista de fama mundial, Ji-Hae Park va caure en una depressió severa. Només la música va poder fer-la remuntar; mostrant-li que el seu objectiu no necessàriament havia de ser actuar en auditoris sublims, sinó fer arribar la meravella de l'instrument a tants com pugui.
- Violinist
Ji-Hae Park spreads the joy of classical to music to those who might not otherwise hear it -- and in the process shows that you can rock out on the violin. Full bio

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Thank you.
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HiHola, everybodytothom.
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Hola a tothom.
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Ban-gap-seum-ni-daProhibició-buit-seum-ni-da.
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(Saluda en coreà)
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I'd like to shareCompartir with you a little bitpoc of me
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Vull compartir amb vosaltres una mica sobre mi
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playingjugant my life.
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interpretant la meva vida.
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I mightpotser look successfulreeixit and happyfeliç
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Puc semblar triomfadora i feliç
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beingser in frontfront of you todayavui,
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al trobar-me avui aquí, davant vostre,
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but I onceun cop sufferedpatit from severesevera depressiondepressió
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però una vegada vaig sofrir
una depressió severa
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and was in totaltotal despairdesesperació.
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i em vaig sumir en una total desesperació.
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The violinviolí, whichquin meantsignificava everything to me,
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El violí, que ho era tot per mi,
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becamees va convertir a gravesepultura burdencàrrega on me.
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es va convertir en una pesada càrrega.
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AlthoughTot i que manymolts people triedintentat to comfortconfort and encourageanimar me,
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Molta gent al meu voltant
tractà de consolar-me i animar-me,
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theirels seus wordsparaules soundedsonava like meaninglesssense sentit noisesoroll.
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però les seves paraules no eren
més que soroll sense sentit.
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When I was just about to give everything up
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Quan ja estava a punt d'abandonar,
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after yearsanys of sufferingpatiment,
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després d'anys de sofriment,
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I startedva començar to rediscoverredescobrir the trueveritat powerpoder of musicmúsica.
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vaig començar a redescobrir
el veritable poder de la música.
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In the midstmitjà of hardshipdificultats,
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Enmig de l'adversitat,
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it was the musicmúsica that gaveva donar me -- that restoredrestaurat my soulànima.
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va ser la música el que va retornar-me l'ànima.
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The comfortconfort the musicmúsica gaveva donar me
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El consol que em proporcionava la música
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was just indescribableindescriptible,
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era simplement indescriptible,
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and it was a realreal eye-openingobrir els ulls experienceexperiència for me too,
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i també va ser per mi
una experiència veritablement reveladora,
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and it totallytotalment changedha canviat my perspectiveperspectiva on life
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i que va canviar totalment
la meva perspectiva davant la vida
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and setconjunt me freegratuït from the pressurepressió
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i em va alliberar de la pressió
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of becomingconvertint-se a successfulreeixit violinistviolinista.
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de convertir-me en una violinista d'èxit.
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Do you feel like you are all alonesol?
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Sentiu que sou completament sols?
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I hopeesperança that this piecepeça will touchtocar and healcurar your heartcor,
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Espero que aquesta peça us commogui
i sani el vostre cor,
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as it did for me.
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com ho va fer amb mi.
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Thank you.
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Gràcies.
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Now, I use my musicmúsica to reacharribar people'spersones heartscors
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Ara, uso la meva música per a arribar
al cor de les persones
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and have foundtrobat there are no boundarieslímits.
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i he descobert que no hi ha fronteres.
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My audienceaudiència is anyoneningú who is here to listen,
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La meva audiència és qualsevol que
estigui aquí per a escoltar,
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even those who are not familiarfamiliar with classicalclàssica musicmúsica.
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fins i tot aquells que no estan familiaritzats
amb la música clàssica.
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I not only playjugar at the prestigiousprestigiós classicalclàssica concertconcert hallssales
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No actuo només a
prestigiosos auditoris clàssics
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like CarnegieCarnegie HallHall and KennedyKennedy CenterCentre,
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com Carnegie Hall i Kennedy Center,
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but alsotambé hospitalshospitals, churchesesglésies, prisonscentres penitenciaris,
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sino també en hospitals, esglésies, presons
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and restrictedrestringit facilitiesinstal·lacions for leprosylepra patientspacients,
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i hospicis d'accés restringit per a leprosos
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just to mentionmenció a fewpocs.
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per esmentar només alguns.
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Now, with my last piecepeça, I'd like to showespectacle you
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Ara, amb la meva última peça,
vull mostrar-vos
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that classicalclàssica musicmúsica can be so much fundiversió, excitingemocionant,
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que la música clàssica pot ser
divertida, emocionant,
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and that it can rockrock you.
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i que pot fer-vos vibrar.
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Let me introduceintroduir you to my brandmarca newnou projectprojecte,
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Permeteu-me que us presenti el meu nou projecte,
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"BaroqueBarroc in RockRoca,"
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"Baroque in Rock",
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whichquin becamees va convertir a goldendaurat discdisc mostla majoria recentlyrecentment.
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que fa poc es va convertir en disc d'or.
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It's suchtal an honorhonor for me.
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És un gran honor per a mi.
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I think, while I'm enjoyinggaudint my life as a happyfeliç musicianmúsic,
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Penso que, mentre gaudeixo de la meva vida
com a música feliç,
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I'm earningguanyar a lot more recognitionreconeixement than I've ever imaginedimaginat.
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estic aconseguint molt més reconeixement
del que mai hauria imaginat.
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But it's now your turngirar.
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Però ara és el vostre torn.
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ChangingCanviant your perspectivesperspectives
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Canviar les vostres perspectives
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will not only transformtransformar you but alsotambé the wholetot worldmón.
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no només us transformarà a vosaltres,
sinó al món sencer.
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Just playjugar your life with all you have,
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Interpreteu la vostra vida
amb tot el que teniu
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and shareCompartir it with the worldmón.
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i compartiu-la amb el món.
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I really look forwardendavant to witnessingassistint a
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a transformingtransformant worldmón by you, TEDstersTEDsters.
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d'un món en transformació
gràcies a vosaltres, els TEDs.
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PlayJugar your life, and stayquedar-se tunedsintonitzat.
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Interpreteu la vostra vida
i mantingueu-vos atents.
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Translated by Luisa Olmedo Cortés
Reviewed by Blanca Martinez

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ji-Hae Park - Violinist
Ji-Hae Park spreads the joy of classical to music to those who might not otherwise hear it -- and in the process shows that you can rock out on the violin.

Why you should listen

Ji-Hae Park was on the fast track to violin stardom when she ... paused. Why was it simply her goal to be the best violin player in the world? Was there more to music than that? And thus she began to think differently about how to "play" her life. Now -- along with playing prestigious concert halls, winning prizes and making a new album for Decca called Baroque in Rock -- she makes time to play in hospitals, churches, prisons, anywhere she feels she can reach people with music. Her friendly, entertaining rearrangements of classical music invite new listeners in.

She was named The Respected Korean 2010  for her leadership and influence on the national development. She is playing on the Petrus Guarnerius 1735, Venedig on loan from the German Foundation (Deutsche-Stiftung- Musikleben) since 2003.

More profile about the speaker
Ji-Hae Park | Speaker | TED.com