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: Menyanyikan "What I Want"

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Nora York menghadirkan penampilan memukau dengan lagunya, "What I Want" bersama Jamie Lawrence (keyboard), Steve Tarshis (gitar) dan Arthur Kell (bas).
- Singer, performance artist
"Philosopher diva" Nora York is an adventurous singer-songwriter with a drive to explore the human condition. Full bio

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I'd like to beginmulai this songlagu I wrotemenulis
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Saya ingin mengawali lagu
yang saya tulis ini
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about ceaselesstak henti-hentinya yearningkerinduan and never-endingtidak pernah berakhir want
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tentang kerinduan tak berujung
dan keinginan tanpa akhir
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with a poemsajak of popularpopuler PetrarchanOleh petrarchan paradoxesparadoks
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dengan sebuah puisi
paradoks Petrarchan yang populer
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by SirSir ThomasThomas WyattWyatt the ElderPenatua:
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oleh sang sesepuh, Sir Thomas Wyatt:
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"I find no peaceperdamaian, and all my warperang is doneselesai;
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"Tak kutemukan kedamaian,
padahal perangku sudah usai;
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I feartakut and hopeberharap, I burnmembakar and freezemembekukan like iceEs;
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Aku takut dan berharap,
aku terbakar dan beku bak es;
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I flyterbang aboveatas the windangin,
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Aku terbang di atas angin,
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and yetnamun I cannottidak bisa arisetimbul;
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tapi aku tak kuasa bangkit;
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And naughtsia-sia I have,
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Hampa yang aku punya,
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and all the worlddunia I seizemerebut uponatas."
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padahal kumiliki seluruh dunia."
♫ Kumau yang tak bisa kuraih,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Miliki yang tak kumiliki,
yang kumau ♫
♫ Yang tak bisa kuraih,
perlu yang tak kumau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Miliki yang tak kumiliki,
yang kumau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Yang tak boleh kumiliki,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
01:08
♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Miliki yang tak kumiliki,
yang kumau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Tak boleh kumiliki,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Miliki yang tak kumiliki,
yang kumau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ tak boleh kumiliki,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have ♫
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♫ Miliki tapi tak kumiliki ♫
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♫ It feelsterasa like all I got is losskerugian on a badburuk back ♫
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♫ Semua yang kumiliki serasa hilang
di punggung yang sakit ♫
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GonePergi with the last trainmelatih, honeymadu don't you fretFret
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♫ Hilang bersama kereta terakhir,
Sayang janganlah resah ♫
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EverySetiap cloudawan has a silverperak lininglapisan
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♫ Langit tak selamanya mendung ♫
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♫ Just a little rainhujan, just a little rainhujan, just a little rainhujan
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♫ Hanya gerimis, hanya gerimis,
hanya gerimis ♫
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Kuinginkan hal terlarang,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Miliki yang tak kumiliki,
yang kumau ♫
01:33
♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ tak boleh kumiliki,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
01:35
♫ Have but I don't have ♫
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♫ Miliki tapi tak kumiliki ♫
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♫ My mindpikiran won'tbiasa stop, and my heartjantung saysmengatakan go ♫
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♫ Benakku tak berhenti,
dan hatiku berkata ayo ♫
01:41
NobodyTidak ada knowstahu how to holdmemegang me ♫
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♫ Tak ada yang tahu cara menahanku ♫
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♫ My mindpikiran won'tbiasa stop, and my heartjantung saysmengatakan, ♫
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♫ Benakku tak berhenti,
dan hatiku berkata, ♫
01:49
♫ "Good things come to those who wait" ♫
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♫ "Hal bagus datang menghampiri
mereka yang menanti ♫
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♫ And I can't standberdiri in ... ♫
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♫ Dan ku tak mampu memenuhinya... ♫
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♫ I can't standberdiri in linegaris foreverselama-lamanya
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♫ Ku tak mampu berdiri
mengantri selamanya ♫
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StandBerdiri the colddingin airudara
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♫ Tak tahan pada dinginnya udara ♫
02:03
Glad-handedTangan gembira
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♫ hadir dengan kehangatan ♫
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SickSakit and tiredlelah of the "LaterKemudian, maybe" ♫
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♫ Bosan pada kata "Nanti, mungkin" ♫
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♫ Take it, fakepalsu it, take it, take-it-or-leave-itTake-it-atau-Leave-it life ♫
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♫ Kehidupan pasrah, berpura-pura,
pasrah, ambil atau tinggalkan ♫
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♫ And I gottaHarus just tamemenjinakkan it ♫
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♫ Dan kuharus mengendalikannya saja ♫
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♫ I gottaHarus just namenama it ♫
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♫ Aku perlu menamainya saja ♫
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♫ I gottaHarus just seizemerebut, so please, oh please, oh please, oh please ♫
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♫ Aku perlu meraihnya saja, jadi mohon,
oh mohon, oh mohon ♫
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♫ Oh please me right, 'causekarena
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♫ Oh perlakukan aku benar, karena ♫
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♫ My mindpikiran won'tbiasa stop ♫
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♫ Benakku tak berhenti ♫
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♫ And my heartjantung saysmengatakan go ♫
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♫ dan hatiku berkata ayo ♫
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NobodyTidak ada knowstahu how to holdmemegang me ♫
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♫ Tak ada yang tahu cara menahanku ♫
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♫ My mindpikiran won'tbiasa stop -- and my heartjantung saysmengatakan go-oooooGo-Ooooo ... ♫
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♫ Benakku tak berhenti --
dan hatiku berkata ayo-ooooo... ♫
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♫ Good things mustharus be here -- yes, right here ♫
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♫ Hal baik pasti di sini --
ya, tepat di sini ♫
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♫ Here, right here, right here ♫
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♫ Di sini, tepat di sini, saat ini ♫
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♫ I won'tbiasa livehidup this life foreverselama-lamanya
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♫ Ku takkan jalani hidup ini selamanya ♫
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♫ One time roundbulat is all the offermenawarkan is ♫
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♫ Satu kali putaran
sudah cukup penawaran ♫
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SickSakit and tiredlelah of the "LaterKemudian, maybe" ♫
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♫ Bosan pada kata "Nanti, mungkin" ♫
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♫ Take it, fakepalsu it, make it, leavemeninggalkan it life ♫
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♫ Kehidupan pasrah, berpura-pura,
berhasil, ambil atau tinggalkan ♫
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♫ And I gottaHarus just namenama it, I gottaHarus just claimklaim it ♫
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♫ Aku perlu menamainya saja,
aku mengklaimnya saja ♫
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♫ I gottaHarus just seizemerebut
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♫ Aku perlu meraihnya saja ♫
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♫ Oh please, oh please, oh please me right ♫
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♫ Oh mohon, oh mohon,
oh mohon senangkan hatiku ♫
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Kuinginkan hal terlarang,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Miliki yang tak kumiliki,
yang kumau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Yang tak boleh kumiliki,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have -- you know that ♫
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♫ Miliki tapi tak kumiliki,
kau tahu itu ♫
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♫ My mindpikiran won'tbiasa stop, and my heartjantung saysmengatakan go ♫
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♫ Benakku tak berhenti,
dan hatiku berkata ayo ♫
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NobodyTidak ada knowstahu how to holdmemegang me, no ♫
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♫ Tak ada yang tahu cara menahanku ♫
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♫ My mindpikiran won'tbiasa stop, and my heartjantung saysmengatakan go ♫
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♫ Benakku tak berhenti --
dan hatiku berkata ayo-ooooo... ♫
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'CauseKarena I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Karena kuinginkan hal terlarang,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ Have but I -- have what I want ♫
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♫ Memiliki tapi aku --
kumiliki yang kuinginkan ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Yang tak boleh kumiliki,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Hal yang tak boleh kumiliki,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Miliki yang tak kumiliki,
yang kumau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Yang tak boleh kumiliki,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Miliki yang tak kumiliki,
yang kumau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Yang tak boleh kumiliki,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Miliki yang tak kumiliki,
yang kumau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Yang tak boleh kumiliki,
perlu yang tak bisa kumau ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have what I want ♫
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♫ Miliki tapi tak memiliki...
yang kumau ♫
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(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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(Tepuk Tangan)
Translated by Frances Sinanu
Reviewed by Ade Indarta

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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