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 cântă "What I Want" ["Ce Vreau"]

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Nora York oferă o interpretare uluitoare a cântecului ei "What I Want" ["Ce Vreau"], cu Jamie Lawrence (clape), Steve Tarshis (chitară) şi Arthur Kell (bass).
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I'd like to beginÎNCEPE this songcântec I wrotea scris
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Aş vrea să încep acest cântec pe care l-am scris
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about ceaselessneîncetat yearningdorul and never-endingfără sfârşit want
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despre jinduirea neâncetată şi dorinţa fără sfârşit
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with a poempoem of popularpopular PetrarchanPetrarchan paradoxesparadoxuri
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cu un poem al paradoxurilor petrarhice binecunoscute
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by SirDomnule ThomasThomas WyattWyatt the ElderElder:
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de Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder:
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"I find no peacepace, and all my warrăzboi is doneTerminat;
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"Nu găsesc pace, şi războiul meu s-a sfârşit;
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I fearfrică and hopesperanţă, I burna arde and freezeîngheţa like icegheaţă;
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Mă tem şi sper, ard şi îngheţ ca gheaţa;
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I flya zbura abovede mai sus the windvânt,
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Zbor deasupra vântului,
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and yetinca I cannotnu poti ariseapărea;
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şi totuşi nu mă pot ridica;
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And naughtfiasco I have,
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Şi nimic nu am,
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and all the worldlume I seizeprofite de uponpe."
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şi mă buzui pe întreaga lume."
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Vreau ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Am ce nu am, ce vreau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Am ce nu am, ce vreau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Am ce nu am, ce vreau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Am ce nu am, ce vreau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have ♫
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♫ Am dar nu am ♫
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♫ It feelsse simte like all I got is losspierderi on a badrău back ♫
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♫ Simt că tot ce am e pierdere pe un spate bolnav ♫
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GonePlecat with the last traintren, honeyMiere don't you fretse agita
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♫ Plecat cu ultimul tren, dragă nu te nelinişti ♫
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EveryFiecare cloudnor has a silverargint liningcăptuşeală
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♫ Fiecare nor are o margine de argint ♫
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♫ Just a little rainploaie, just a little rainploaie, just a little rainploaie
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♫ Doar puţină ploaie, doar puţină ploaie, doar puţină ploaie, ♫
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Vreau ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Am ce nu am, ce vreau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have ♫
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♫ Am dar nu am ♫
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♫ My mindminte won'tnu va stop, and my heartinimă saysspune go ♫
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♫ Mintea nu mi se opreşte, iar inima-mi spune du-te ♫
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NobodyNimeni nu knowsștie how to holddeține me ♫
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♫ Nimeni nu ştie cum să mă ţină ♫
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♫ My mindminte won'tnu va stop, and my heartinimă saysspune, ♫
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♫ Mintea nu mi se opreşte, şi inima-mi spune -- ♫
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♫ "Good things come to those who wait" ♫
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♫ Lucruri bune li se întâmplă celor care aşteaptă ♫
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♫ And I can't standstand in ... ♫
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♫ Şi nu pot sta la... ♫
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♫ I can't standstand in linelinia foreverpentru totdeauna
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♫ Nu pot sta la rând mereu ♫
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StandStand the coldrece airaer
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♫ Sta în aer rece ♫
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Glad-handedGlad-Handed
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♫ Înarmată cu bucurie ♫
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SickBolnav and tiredobosit of the "LaterMai târziu, maybe" ♫
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♫ Sătulă de "Poate mai târziu" ♫
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♫ Take it, fakefals it, take it, take-it-or-leave-itIa-l-sau-lasă-l life ♫
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♫ Ia-o, prefă-o, ia-o, ia-o-sau-las-o viaţă ♫
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♫ And I gottaTrebuie să just tameîmblânzi it ♫
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♫ Şi trebuie să-ţi zic omule ♫
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♫ I gottaTrebuie să just nameNume it ♫
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♫ Trebuie doar s-o numesc ♫
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♫ I gottaTrebuie să just seizeprofite de, so please, oh please, oh please, oh please ♫
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♫ Trebuie doar s-o văd, aşa că te rog, te rog, te rog, te rog ♫
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♫ Oh please me right, 'causepentru ca
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♫ Mulţumeşte-mă cum trebuie, că ♫
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♫ My mindminte won'tnu va stop ♫
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♫ Mintea nu mi se opreşte ♫
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♫ And my heartinimă saysspune go ♫
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♫ Şi inima-mi spune du-te ♫
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NobodyNimeni nu knowsștie how to holddeține me ♫
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♫ Nimeni nu ştie cum să mă ţină ♫
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♫ My mindminte won'tnu va stop -- and my heartinimă saysspune go-oooooDu-te-marian ... ♫
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♫ Mintea nu mi se opreşte -- şi inima-mi spune du-teeee... ♫
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♫ Good things musttrebuie sa be here -- yes, right here ♫
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♫ Lucruri bune trebuie că sunt aici -- da, chiar aici ♫
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♫ Here, right here, right here ♫
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♫ Aici, chiar aici, chiar aici ♫
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♫ I won'tnu va livetrăi this life foreverpentru totdeauna
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♫ Nu voi trăi viaţa asta mereu ♫
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♫ One time roundrundă is all the offeroferi is ♫
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♫ O singură dată e toată oferta ♫
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SickBolnav and tiredobosit of the "LaterMai târziu, maybe" ♫
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♫ M-am săturat de "Poate mai târziu" ♫
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♫ Take it, fakefals it, make it, leavepărăsi it life ♫
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♫ Ia-o, prefă-o, fă-o, las-o viaţă ♫
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♫ And I gottaTrebuie să just nameNume it, I gottaTrebuie să just claimRevendicare it ♫
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♫ Şi trebuie doar s-o numesc, trebuie doar s-o revendic ♫
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♫ I gottaTrebuie să just seizeprofite de
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♫ Trebuie doar s-o apuc ♫
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♫ Oh please, oh please, oh please me right ♫
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♫ Oh te rog, oh te rog, oh mulţumeşte-mă cum trebuie ♫
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Vreau ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Am ce nu am, ce vreau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have -- you know that ♫
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♫ Am dar nu am -- ştii asta ♫
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♫ My mindminte won'tnu va stop, and my heartinimă saysspune go ♫
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♫ Mintea nu mi se opreşte, şi inima-mi spune du-te ♫
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NobodyNimeni nu knowsștie how to holddeține me, no ♫
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♫ Nimeni nu ştie cum să mă ţină, nu ♫
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♫ My mindminte won'tnu va stop, and my heartinimă saysspune go ♫
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♫ Mintea nu mi se opreşte, şi inima-mi spune du-te ♫
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'CausePentru ca I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Că creau ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have but I -- have what I want ♫
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♫ Am dar -- am ce vreau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Vreau ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Am dar nu am, ce vreau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have, what I want ♫
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♫ Am dar nu am, ce vreau ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Ce nu pot avea, am nevoie de ce nu pot dori ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have what I want ♫
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♫ Am dar nu am ce vreau ♫
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(ApplauseAplauze)
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(Aplauze)
Translated by Brandusa Gheorghe
Reviewed by Magda Marcu

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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