ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sirena Huang - Violinist
Sirena Huang started taking violin lessons at age 4 and made her professional solo debut at 9 with the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. She has won top prizes in numerous international competitions, delighting audiences worldwide with her virtuosity and charm.

Why you should listen

Only 11 years old when she performed at TED, Sirena Huang is still technically a child. But as anyone who sees her perform can attest, she has a musician's soul that transcends her years. "Her musical imagination is boundless," said Juilliard dean Stephen Clapp, who described her as "a musical artist with qualities of maturity far beyond her age."

What's most striking in her performance style is the way she combines technical ability with emotional force and nuance. Her fiercely virtuoso performances are profoundly moving, even via podcast. "Amazed," "delighted" and "spellbound" are the words bloggers often use after watching her play. She has won numerous awards for her brilliant performances worldwide, and has played for the likes of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and the Dalai Lama. 

More profile about the speaker
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TED2006

Sirena Huang: An 11-year-old's magical violin

Serina Huang očarava violinom

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Violinistkinja Serina Huang pruža tehnički briljantan i emotivno nijansiran nastup. U šarmantnom prekidu, jedanaestogodišnjakinja pohvaljuje večni dizajn svog instrumenta.
- Violinist
Sirena Huang started taking violin lessons at age 4 and made her professional solo debut at 9 with the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. She has won top prizes in numerous international competitions, delighting audiences worldwide with her virtuosity and charm. Full bio

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HiZdravo everyoneсви. I'm SirenaSerina.
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Zdravo svima. Ja sam Serina.
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I'm 11 yearsгодине oldстари and from ConnecticutConnecticut.
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Imam 11 godina i iz Konektikata sam.
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Well, I'm not really sure why I'm here.
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Zapravo, nisam sigurna zašto sam ovde.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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I mean, what does this have to do with
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Mislim, kakve ovo veze ima
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technologyтехнологија, entertainmentЗабава and designдизајн?
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sa tehnologijom, zabavom i dizajnom?
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Well, I countбројање my iPodiPod, cellphoneмобилни телефон and computerрачунар as technologyтехнологија
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Računam svoj ajpod, telefon i kompjuter
kao tehnologiju
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but this has nothing to do with that.
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ali ovo nema veze sa time.
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So I did a little researchистраживање on it.
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Tako da sam uradila malo istraživanje.
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Well, this is what I foundнашао.
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Ovo sam otkrila.
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Of courseкурс, I hopeнадати се I can memorizeзапамтите it.
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Naravno, nadam se da mogu da zapamtim to.
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The violinвиолина is basicallyу основи madeмаде of a woodдрво boxбок
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Violina je u principu napravljena
od drvene kutije
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and fourчетири mainглавни stringsструне.
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i četiri glavne žice.
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By playingиграње the stringниз, the stringниз vibratesвибрира
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Svirajući po žicama, one vibriraju
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and producesпроизводи a soundзвук waveталас.
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i stvaraju zvučne talase.
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SoundZvuk passesпролази throughкроз a pieceпиеце of woodдрво calledпозвани a bridgeмост
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Zvuk prolazi kroz komad drveta
koji se zove kobilica
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and goesиде down to the woodдрво boxбок and getsдобива amplifiedамплифиед
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i silazi do drvene kutije i pojačava se
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but ... let me think.
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ali... da razmislim.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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Okay. On the other handруку
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U redu. Sa druge strane
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by placingпостављање your fingerпрст in a differentразличит positionпозиција on the fingerboardфингербоард
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kada stavite prst na drugo mesto na hvatniku
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it changesПромене the stringниз lengthдужина,
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to menja dužinu žice
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that changesПромене the frequencyфреквенција of the soundзвук waveталас.
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i frekvenciju zvučnih talasa.
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Oh, my goshБоже!
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O, moj bože!
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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Okay. This is sortврста of a technologyтехнологија
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U redu. Ovo je neka vrsta tehnologije
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but I can call it a 16th-centuryвек technologyтехнологија.
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ali mogla bih je nazvati
tehnologijom 16. veka.
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But actuallyзаправо, the mostнајвише fascinatingфасцинантан thing that I foundнашао
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Zapravo, najfascinantnija stvar koju sam otkrila
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was that even the audioаудио systemсистем
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je da je čak i sistem zvuka
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or waveталас transmissionпренос nowadaysданас
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ili prenosa talasa danas
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are still basicallyу основи basedзаснован on the sameисти principleпринцип
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u principu zasnovan na istom principu
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of producingпроизводњу and projectingпројектовање soundзвук.
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stvaranja i projektovanja zvuka.
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Isn't that coolхладан?
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Zar to nije super?
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DesignDizajn -- I love its designдизајн.
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Dizajn - obožavam njen dizajn.
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I rememberзапамтити when I was little
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Sećam se kada sam bila mala
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my momмама askedпитао me,
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i kada me je mama pitala
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would you like to playигра the violinвиолина or the pianoклавир?
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da li želim da sviram violinu ili klavir?
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I lookedпогледао at that giantгигант monsterчудовиште
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Pogledala sam to ogromno čudovište
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and said to myselfЈа сам --
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i rekla sebi -
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I am not going to lockзакључати myselfЈа сам on that benchклупа
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neću da se vežem za tu klupu
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the wholeцела day.
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celog dana.
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This is smallмали and lightweightлагана.
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Ovo je malo i lagano.
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I can playигра from standingстојећи, sittingседење or walkingХодање.
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Mogu da sviram dok stojim,
sedim ili hodam.
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And you know what?
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I znate šta?
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The bestнајбоље of all is that if I don't want to practiceпракса,
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Najbolja stvar je to što
ako ne želim da vežbam,
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I can hideсакрити it.
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mogu da je sakrijem.
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(Smeh)
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The violinвиолина is very beautifulЛепа.
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Violina je prelepa.
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Some people relateодносе it as the shapeоблик of a ladyдама
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Neki ljudi povezuju njen obilk
sa oblikom dame
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but, whetherда ли је you like it or not,
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ali, bez obzira da li vam se sviđa ili ne,
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it's been so for more than 400 yearsгодине,
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takva je već više od 400 godina,
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unlikeза разлику од modernмодеран stuffствари that easilyлако looksизглед datedдатум.
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za razliku od modernih stvari
koje lako zastarevaju.
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But I think it's very personalлични and uniqueјединствен that,
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Mislim da je veoma lično i unikatno to što,
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althoughиако eachсваки violinвиолина looksизглед prettyприлично similarслично,
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iako svaka violina izgleda prilično isto,
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that no two violinsвиолине soundзвук the sameисти.
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nema dve violine koje zvuče isto.
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Even from the sameисти makerпроизвођач
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Čak i kada su od istog majstora
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or basedзаснован on the sameисти modelмодел.
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ili zasnovane na istom modelu.
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EntertainmentZabave -- I love the entertainmentЗабава,
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Zabava - volim zabavu,
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but actuallyзаправо, the instrumentинструмент itselfсам
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ali zapravo sam instrument
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isn't very entertainingзабавно.
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nije veoma zabavan.
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I mean, when I first got my violinвиолина
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Kada sam prvi put dobila svoju violinu
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and triedПокушали to playигра around, it was
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i pokušala da se igram, to je bilo
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actuallyзаправо, really badлоше because
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zapravo veoma loše
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it didn't soundзвук like the way I'd heardслушао from other kidsклинци --
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jer nije zvučalo kao ono
što sam čula kod druge dece -
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so horribleужасно and so scratchyогреботина --
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užasno i škripavo -
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so it wasn'tније entertainingзабавно at all.
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tako da nimalo nije bilo zabavno.
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But besidesОсим тога, my brotherбрате foundнашао this very funnyсмешно.
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Bez obzira, mom bratu
je ovo bilo veoma smešno.
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YukJuka, yukиук, yukиук.
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Op, op, op.
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(Smeh)
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A fewнеколико yearsгодине laterкасније I heardслушао a jokeшала about
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Nekoliko godina kasnije čula sam vic
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the greatestнајвећи violinistвиолиниста, JaschaRumunjskoj HeifetzHeifetz.
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o najvećem violinisti, Jaši Hajfecu.
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After MrG.. Heifetz'sHajfec je concertконцерт
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Nakon njegovog koncerta
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a ladyдама cameДошао over and complimentedкомплиментирали,
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došla je dama i pohvalila ga:
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"Oh, MrG.. HeifetzHeifetz, your violinвиолина soundedзвучало so great tonightвечерас."
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"Oh, gospodine Hajfec, vaša violina
je večeras zvučala tako divno."
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And MrG.. HeifetzHeifetz was a very coolхладан personособа,
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I gospodin Hajfec je bio veoma kul,
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so he pickedизабран up his violinвиолина and said,
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pa je uzeo svoju violinu i rekao:
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"FunnyZabavan, I don't hearчујеш anything."
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"Baš smešno, ja ne čujem ništa."
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(Smeh)
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And now, I realizeсхватите that as the musicianмузичар,
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I sada, kao muzičar shvatam to,
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we humanљудско beingsбића, we have a great mindум,
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mi kao ljudska bića imamo sjajan um,
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artisticуметнички heartсрце and skillвештина
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umetničko srce i veštinu
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that can changeпромена the 16th-centuryвек technologyтехнологија
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koji mogu da izmene tehnologiju 16. veka
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and a legendaryлегендарни designдизајн
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i legendarni dizajn
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to a wonderfulДивно entertainmentЗабава.
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u prelepu zabavu.
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Now, I know why I'm here.
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Sada znam zašto sam ovde.
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At first I thought I was just going to be here to performизводити,
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Isprva sam mislila
da sam ovde samo da nastupam,
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but unexpectedlyнеочекивано, I learnedнаучио and enjoyedуживала much more.
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ali neočekivano,
naučila sam i uživala puno više.
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But ... althoughиако some of them were quiteприлично up there for me.
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Ali... nešto od toga
je za mene bilo zaista strano.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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Like the multi-dimensionмулти-димензија stuffствари.
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Poput multidimenzionalnih stvari.
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I mean, honestlyискрено, I'd be happyсрећан enoughдовољно
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Mislim, stvarno, bila bih srećna
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if I can actuallyзаправо get my two dimensionдимензија correctтачно in schoolшкола.
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kada bih u školi potrefila svoje dve dimenzije.
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But actuallyзаправо, the mostнајвише impressiveимпресиван thing to me
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Ali mi je najimpresivnija stvar bila
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is that ... well, actuallyзаправо,
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to da... zapravo,
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I would alsoтакође like to standстој this for all childrenдеца
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želela bih da u ime sve dece
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is to say, thank you, to all adultsодрасли
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kažem, hvala vam, svim odraslima
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for actuallyзаправо caringбрижан for us a lot
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zato što mnogo brinete o nama
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and to make our futureбудућност worldсвет much better.
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i činite našu budućnost puno boljom.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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Translated by Mile Živković
Reviewed by Dejan Vicai

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sirena Huang - Violinist
Sirena Huang started taking violin lessons at age 4 and made her professional solo debut at 9 with the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. She has won top prizes in numerous international competitions, delighting audiences worldwide with her virtuosity and charm.

Why you should listen

Only 11 years old when she performed at TED, Sirena Huang is still technically a child. But as anyone who sees her perform can attest, she has a musician's soul that transcends her years. "Her musical imagination is boundless," said Juilliard dean Stephen Clapp, who described her as "a musical artist with qualities of maturity far beyond her age."

What's most striking in her performance style is the way she combines technical ability with emotional force and nuance. Her fiercely virtuoso performances are profoundly moving, even via podcast. "Amazed," "delighted" and "spellbound" are the words bloggers often use after watching her play. She has won numerous awards for her brilliant performances worldwide, and has played for the likes of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and the Dalai Lama. 

More profile about the speaker
Sirena Huang | Speaker | TED.com