ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nora York - Singer, performance artist
"Philosopher diva" Nora York is an adventurous singer-songwriter with a drive to explore the human condition.

Why you should listen

Nora York is an adventurous jazz singer and performance artist whose genre-crossing work defies easy categorization. With a sultry, soulful voice and hypnotic stage presence, York has carved out a territory all her own — call her a "singer-songwriter-truthteller" (the Village Voice did). She brings a witty and literate twist to her performances, recombining songs and merging genres in thought-provoking ways.

Voice is at the center of York’s expression and creative invention, which emcompasses composition, live performance, and visual and multimedia arts. She's released four CDs: To Dream The World, Alchemy, What I Want (representing the outcome of the ‘02 NYSCA commission) and Power/Play. She has performed at universities and music festivals; most notably the Newport Jazz Festival, New Sounds Live series at Merkin Hall NYC, and Lincoln Center Out of Doors. York teaches musicianship and performance as member of the faculty at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, New York University. For her latest project, York received a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation grant to write and present the multimedia concert Water Water Everywhere.

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TEDSalon 2006

Nora York: Singing "What I Want"

Nora York canta "Lo que quiero".

Filmed:
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Nora York ofrece una sensacional interpretación de su canción "Lo que quiero", con Jamie Lawrence (teclados), Steve Tarshis (guitarra) y Arthur Kell (bajo).
- Singer, performance artist
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I'd like to beginempezar this songcanción I wroteescribió
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Me gustaría empezar esta canción que escribí
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about ceaselessincesante yearninganhelo and never-endingsin fin want
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sobre el ansia incesante y el eterno deseo
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with a poempoema of popularpopular Petrarchanpetrarquista paradoxesparadojas
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con un poema de paradojas petrarquianas
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by Sirseñor ThomasThomas WyattWyatt the ElderMayor:
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de Sir Thomas Wyatt el Viejo:
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"I find no peacepaz, and all my warguerra is donehecho;
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"No tengo paz, y ya terminó mi guerra;
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I fearmiedo and hopeesperanza, I burnquemar and freezecongelar like icehielo;
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Tengo miedo y esperanza; ardo y me congelo como el hielo;
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I flymosca aboveencima the windviento,
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Vuelo con el viento,
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and yettodavía I cannotno poder arisesurgir;
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y aún así no puedo elevarme;
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And naughtnada I have,
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Y nada tengo,
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and all the worldmundo I seizeaprovechar uponsobre."
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Y todo lo abarco".
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Quiero lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Quiero tener lo que no tengo, lo que quiero.
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Quiero lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Tener lo que no tengo, lo que quiero.
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Quiero lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Tener lo que no tengo, lo que quiero
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Quiero lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Tener lo que no tengo, lo que quiero
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Quiero lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have but I don't have ♫
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Tener pero no tengo.
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♫ It feelssiente like all I got is losspérdida on a badmalo back ♫
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Parece como si todo lo que tenía fuera una pérdida en mi dolorida espalda
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GoneIdo with the last traintren, honeymiel don't you frettraste
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Como si se hubiera ido con el último tren, cariño no te preocupes
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EveryCada cloudnube has a silverplata liningrevestimiento
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Toda nube guarda un resquicio de esperanza
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♫ Just a little rainlluvia, just a little rainlluvia, just a little rainlluvia
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Solo un poco de lluvia, un poco de lluvia, un poco de lluvia
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Quiero lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Tener lo que no tengo, lo que quiero
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have but I don't have ♫
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Tener lo que no tengo
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♫ My mindmente won'tcostumbre stop, and my heartcorazón saysdice go ♫
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Mi cabeza no parará, y corazón me dice que siga
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NobodyNadie knowssabe how to holdsostener me ♫
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Nadie sabe cómo sujetarme
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♫ My mindmente won'tcostumbre stop, and my heartcorazón saysdice, ♫
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Mi cabeza no parará, y corazón me dice...
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♫ "Good things come to those who wait" ♫
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Las cosas buenas son para quienes saben esperar
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♫ And I can't standestar in ... ♫
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Y yo no puedo quedarme quieta
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♫ I can't standestar in linelínea foreverSiempre
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No puedo esperar en la cola para siempre
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StandEstar the coldfrío airaire
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Estar parada en el aire frío
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Glad-handedGladys
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Poniendo buena cara
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SickEnfermos and tiredcansado of the "LaterLuego, maybe" ♫
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Harta del "después, quizás"
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♫ Take it, fakefalso it, take it, take-it-or-leave-itTómelo o déjelo life ♫
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Tómalo, fíngelo, cógelo, tómalo o déjalo vida
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♫ And I gottatengo que just tamedomar it ♫
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Y tengo que decirte
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♫ I gottatengo que just namenombre it ♫
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Que tengo que nombrarlo
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♫ I gottatengo que just seizeaprovechar, so please, oh please, oh please, oh please ♫
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Tengo que ver, así que por favor, oh por favor
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♫ Oh please me right, 'cause'porque
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Por favor, dame la razón, porque™
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♫ My mindmente won'tcostumbre stop ♫
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Mi cabeza no parará
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♫ And my heartcorazón saysdice go ♫
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Y mi corazón dice que continúe
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NobodyNadie knowssabe how to holdsostener me ♫
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Nadie sabe cómo sostenerme
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♫ My mindmente won'tcostumbre stop -- and my heartcorazón saysdice go-ooooogo-ooooo ... ♫
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My cabeza no parará y me corazón dice: "ve a por ello".
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♫ Good things mustdebe be here -- yes, right here ♫
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Las cosas buenas tiene que estar aquí, sí, justo aquí
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♫ Here, right here, right here ♫
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Aquí, justo aquí, justo aquí
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♫ I won'tcostumbre livevivir this life foreverSiempre
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No voy a vivir eternamente
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♫ One time roundredondo is all the offeroferta is ♫
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Solo tengo una oportunidad
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SickEnfermos and tiredcansado of the "LaterLuego, maybe" ♫
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Harta de escuchar "más tarde, quizás"
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♫ Take it, fakefalso it, make it, leavesalir it life ♫
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Cógelo, fíngelo, hazlo, déjalo vida
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♫ And I gottatengo que just namenombre it, I gottatengo que just claimReclamación it ♫
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Y tengo que nombrarlo, tengo ya que reclamarlo
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♫ I gottatengo que just seizeaprovechar
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Tengo que adueñarme de ello
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♫ Oh please, oh please, oh please me right ♫
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Oh por favor, por favor, dime que sí
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Quiero lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Quiero tener lo que no puedo tener, lo que quiero
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Quiero lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have but I don't have -- you know that ♫
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Tener lo que no tengo, ya lo sabes
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♫ My mindmente won'tcostumbre stop, and my heartcorazón saysdice go ♫
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Mi cabeza no parará, y me corazón me dice que siga
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NobodyNadie knowssabe how to holdsostener me, no ♫
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Nadie sabe cómo sostenerme, no
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♫ My mindmente won'tcostumbre stop, and my heartcorazón saysdice go ♫
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Mi cabeza no paraá, y me corazón me dice que siga
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'Cause'Porque I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Porque quiero lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have but I -- have what I want ♫
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Tener lo que... tener lo que quiero
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have but I don't have, what I want ♫
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Tener lo que no tengo, lo que quiero
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Tener lo que no tengo, lo que quiero
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have but I don't have, what I want ♫
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Tener lo que no tengo, lo que quiero
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Lo que no puedo tener, necesito lo que no puedo desear
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♫ Have but I don't have what I want ♫
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Tener lo que no tengo, lo que quiero
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(ApplauseAplausos)
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(Aplausos.)
Translated by Gloria Lao García
Reviewed by Martín Sanfiz Prado

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nora York - Singer, performance artist
"Philosopher diva" Nora York is an adventurous singer-songwriter with a drive to explore the human condition.

Why you should listen

Nora York is an adventurous jazz singer and performance artist whose genre-crossing work defies easy categorization. With a sultry, soulful voice and hypnotic stage presence, York has carved out a territory all her own — call her a "singer-songwriter-truthteller" (the Village Voice did). She brings a witty and literate twist to her performances, recombining songs and merging genres in thought-provoking ways.

Voice is at the center of York’s expression and creative invention, which emcompasses composition, live performance, and visual and multimedia arts. She's released four CDs: To Dream The World, Alchemy, What I Want (representing the outcome of the ‘02 NYSCA commission) and Power/Play. She has performed at universities and music festivals; most notably the Newport Jazz Festival, New Sounds Live series at Merkin Hall NYC, and Lincoln Center Out of Doors. York teaches musicianship and performance as member of the faculty at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, New York University. For her latest project, York received a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation grant to write and present the multimedia concert Water Water Everywhere.

More profile about the speaker
Nora York | Speaker | TED.com