ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Daria van den Bercken - Pianist
Daria van den Bercken has played piano with major Dutch orchestras, and performed many a recital in her country’s famed concert halls. But her larger vision is to bring classical music to the masses.

Why you should listen

Pianist Daria van den Bercken makes classical music lovers — and those who had no idea that they appreciated this kind of music — listen to classic composers with fresh ears. She has played with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and is a regular guest at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. But it’s bringing classic music to unexpected audiences where her passion engages.

While sick with the flu several years ago, Daria discovered the keyboard compositions of George Frideric Handel. She wanted to bring these beautiful works to the masses. With her project ‘Handel at the Piano,’ she played these pieces in unexpected places — even flying with her piano 25-feet over the audience at the Virada Cultural Festival in São Paulo, Brazil. Through a series of concerts, and an album, she asked audiences to rethink Handel.

Daria’s latest project is 'Keys to Mozart,' an effort to breathe new life into Mozart’s piano works. She is preparing to record an album for Sony Classical and will play a series of concerts too.

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Daria van den Bercken: Why I take the piano on the road ... and in the air

Daria van den Berken (Daria van den Bercken): Zašto klavir nosim na put... i u vazduh

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Pijanistkinja Daria van den Berken zaljubila se u baroknu muziku za klavir kompozitora Georga Fridriha Hendla. Sada pokušava da ovaj žar probudi i u drugima. U ovom govoru, ona nas kroz sviranje provodi kroz emotivni tobogan njegove muzike, dok sa svojim klavirom lebdi kroz vazduh, vozi se niz ulicu, i naravno svira na sceni.
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Daria van den Bercken has played piano with major Dutch orchestras, and performed many a recital in her country’s famed concert halls. But her larger vision is to bring classical music to the masses. Full bio

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RecentlyNedavno, I flewполетела over a crowdгомила
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of thousandsхиљаде of people in BrazilBrazil
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hiljada ljudi u Brazilu
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playingиграње musicмузика by GeorgeGeorge FridericFrideric HandelHendl.
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koji sviraju muziku
Georga Fridriha Hendla.
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I alsoтакође droveвозио alongзаједно the streetsулице of AmsterdamAmsterdam,
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Takođe sam se vozila ulicama Amsterdama,
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again playingиграње musicмузика by this sameисти composerкомпозитор.
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opet uz muziku istog kompozitora.
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Let's take a look.
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Hajde da pogledamo.
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(MusicMuzika: GeorgeGeorge FridericFrideric HandelHendl, "AllegroAlegro."
PerformedIzvršena by DariaDaria vanван denjazbina BerckenBercken.)
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(Muzika: Georg Fridrih Hendl, "Allegro"
Svira Daria van den Berken)
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(VideoVideo zapis) DariaDaria vanван denjazbina BerckenBercken: I
liveживи there on the thirdтрећи floorпод.
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Daria van den Berken:
Živim tu na 3. spratu.
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(In Dutchholandski) I liveживи there on the cornerугао.
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(Na holandskom) Živim tu na ćošku.
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I actuallyзаправо liveживи there, around the cornerугао.
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Zapravo živim tamo, iza ćoška
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and you'dти би be really welcomeДобродошли.
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i stvarno ste dobrodošli.
Čovek: (na holandskom) Da li to zvuči
zabavno? Dete: (na holandskom) Da!
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Man: (In Dutchholandski) Does that soundзвук like funзабавно?
ChildDete: (In Dutchholandski) Yes!
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[(In Dutchholandski) "HandelHendl houseкућа concertконцерт"]
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[(na holandskom)
"Hendlov kućni koncert"]
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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DariaDaria vanван denjazbina BerckenBercken: All this was a realправи
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Daria van den Berken: Sve je ovo stvarno
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magicalмагичан experienceискуство for hundredsстотине of reasonsразлоге.
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magično iskustvo zbog stotinu razloga.
Sada se možda pitate,
zašto sam uradila sve te stvari?
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Now you mayможе askпитати, why have I doneГотово these things?
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They're not really typicalтипично for a musician'smuzicara
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Nisu baš tipične za svakodnevni
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day-to-dayиз дана у дан life.
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život muzičara.
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Well, I did it because I fellпао in love with the musicмузика
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Pa, uradila sam to
jer sam se zaljubila u muziku
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and I wanted to shareОбјави it with as manyмноги people
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i želela sam da podelim to
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as possibleмогуће.
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sa što je više moguće ljudi.
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It startedпочела a coupleпар of yearsгодине agoпре.
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Sve je počelo pre nekoliko godina.
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I was sittingседење at home on the couchкауч with the fluгрип
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Sedela sam kod kuće na kauču sa gripom
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and browsingPregledanje the InternetInternet a little,
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i pretraživala sam internet,
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when I foundнашао out that HandelHendl had writtenнаписано worksИзвођење радова
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kada sam otkrila da je Hendl pisao
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for the keyboardтастатура.
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dela za klavijature.
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Well, I was surprisedизненађени. I did not know this.
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Pa, bila sam iznenađena, nisam to znala.
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So I downloadedпреузете the sheetлист musicмузика and startedпочела playingиграње.
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Skinula sam stranicu muzičkih nota
i počela da sviram.
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And what happenedдесило nextследећи was
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Nakon toga sam ušla
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that I enteredушао this stateдржава of pureчист,
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u stanje čiste,
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unprejudicedbez predrasuda amazementzapanjenost.
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nepristrasne zadivljenosti.
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It was an experienceискуство
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To je bilo iskustvo
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of beingбиће totallyтотално in awestrahopoštovanjem of the musicмузика,
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totalnog strahopoštovanja prema muzici
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and I had not feltосетио that in a long time.
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i nisam to osetila dugo vremena.
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It mightМожда be easierлакше to relateодносе to this when you hearчујеш it.
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Možda je lakše da vam
to dočaram kada čujete.
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The first pieceпиеце that I playedиграо throughкроз
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Prvo delo koje sam svirala
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startedпочела like this.
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počinje ovako.
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(MusicMuzika)
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(Muzika)
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Well this soundsзвуци very melancholicmelanholiиan, doesn't it?
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Pa zvuči vrlo melaholično, zar ne?
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And I turnedокренуо се the pageстрана and what cameДошао nextследећи
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Okrenula sam stranicu
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was this.
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i ovo je bilo sledeće.
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(MusicMuzika)
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Well, this soundsзвуци very energeticенергетски, doesn't it?
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Pa, to zvuči vrlo energično, zar ne?
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So withinу склопу a coupleпар of minutesминута,
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Kroz par minuta,
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and the pieceпиеце isn't even finishedготов yetјош увек,
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i delo još uvek nije bilo gotovo,
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I experiencedИскусан two very contrastingsuprotno charactersкарактера:
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osetila sam dve
vrlo kontradiktorne osobine:
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beautifulЛепа melancholymelanholije and sheerчисто energyенергија.
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predivnu melanhonliju i čistu energiju.
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And I considerразмотрити these two elementsелементи to be
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I smatram ova dva elementa
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vitalвитално humanљудско expressionsизрази.
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vitalnim ljudskim izražavanjem.
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And the puritynevinosti of the musicмузика makesчини you hearчујеш it
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I čistoća muzike čini da je čujete
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very effectivelyефикасно.
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vrlo efektivno.
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I've givenдато a lot of children'sдеца concertskoncerti
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Držala sam mnogo dečjih koncerata
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for childrenдеца of sevenседам and eightосам yearsгодине oldстари,
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za decu od sedam i osam godina,
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and whateverшта год I playигра, whetherда ли је it's BachBaha, BeethovenBeethoven,
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i šta god da sam svirala,
bilo da je Bah, Betoven,
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even StockhausenЉtokhauzen,
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čak i Štokhauzena
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or some jazzyDžezi musicмузика,
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ili neku džez muziku,
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they are openотворен to hearчујеш it,
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otvoreni su da je čuju,
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really willingспремни to listen,
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zaista žele da slušaju,
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and they are comfortableудобан doing so.
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i osećaju se lagodno tada.
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And when classespredavanja come in
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I kada dođu razredi
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with childrenдеца who are just a fewнеколико yearsгодине olderстарији,
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sa decom koja imaju
samo nekoliko godina više,
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11, 12, I feltосетио that I sometimesпонекад alreadyвећ had troubleневоље
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11, 12, već sam osetila
da ponekad imam problem
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in reachingпостизање them like that.
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da doprem do njih.
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The complexityсложеност of the musicмузика does becomeпостати an issueпитање,
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Kompleksnost muzike postaje izazov,
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and actuallyзаправо the opinionsмишљења of othersдруги
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i zapravo mišljenje drugih -
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parentsродитељи, friendsпријатељи, mediaмедији — they startпочетак to countбројање.
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roditelja, prijatelja, medija -
počinje da se računa.
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But the youngмлади onesоне, they don't questionпитање
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Ali mladi, oni ne preispituju
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theirњихова ownвластити opinionмишљење.
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sopstvena mišljenja.
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They are in this constantконстантно stateдржава of wonderпитати се,
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Oni su u stalnom stanju čuda,
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and I do firmlyčvrsto believe that we can keep listeningслушање
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i zaista verujem da možemo
da nastavimo da slušamo
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like these seven-year-oldsedam godina childrenдеца,
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kao ovo sedmogodišnje dete,
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even when growingрастуће up.
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čak i kada porastemo.
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And that is why I have playedиграо
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I iz tog razloga nisam svirala
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not only in the concertконцерт hallдворана
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samo u koncertnim halama
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but alsoтакође on the streetулица, onlineонлине, in the airваздух:
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već i na ulici, onlajn, u vazduhu:
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to feel that stateдржава of wonderпитати се,
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da osetim to stanje čuda,
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to trulyзаиста listen,
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da zaista slušam
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and to listen withoutбез prejudicepredrasude.
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i da slušam bez predrasuda.
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And I would like to inviteпозовите you
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I želela bih da vas pozovem
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to do so now.
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da učinite isto sada.
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(MusicMuzika: GeorgeGeorge FridericFrideric HandelHendl, "ChaconneChaconne in G MajorVeliki."
PerformedIzvršena by DariaDaria vanван denjazbina BerckenBercken.)
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(Muzika: Georg Fridrih Hendll, "Sonata
u G duru". Svira Daria van den Berken)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Petar Atanasovski
Reviewed by Mile Živković

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Daria van den Bercken - Pianist
Daria van den Bercken has played piano with major Dutch orchestras, and performed many a recital in her country’s famed concert halls. But her larger vision is to bring classical music to the masses.

Why you should listen

Pianist Daria van den Bercken makes classical music lovers — and those who had no idea that they appreciated this kind of music — listen to classic composers with fresh ears. She has played with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and is a regular guest at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. But it’s bringing classic music to unexpected audiences where her passion engages.

While sick with the flu several years ago, Daria discovered the keyboard compositions of George Frideric Handel. She wanted to bring these beautiful works to the masses. With her project ‘Handel at the Piano,’ she played these pieces in unexpected places — even flying with her piano 25-feet over the audience at the Virada Cultural Festival in São Paulo, Brazil. Through a series of concerts, and an album, she asked audiences to rethink Handel.

Daria’s latest project is 'Keys to Mozart,' an effort to breathe new life into Mozart’s piano works. She is preparing to record an album for Sony Classical and will play a series of concerts too.

More profile about the speaker
Daria van den Bercken | Speaker | TED.com