ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Maya Beiser - Cellist
Maya Beiser commissions and performs radical new work for the cello.

Why you should listen

The founding cellist of the Bang on a Can All Stars, cellist Maya Beiser is a frequent collaborator with artists across the spectrum of creativity -- visual artists such as Shirin Neshat, video artists such as Irit Batsry -- to produce groundbreaking multimedia concerts.

Composers who write for her follow her passion for melding influences -- Middle Eastern sounds, classic and modern tones. Her newest project, Elsewhere, is described as "a CELLoOpera." Elsewhere is an imaginative retelling of the Biblical legend of Lot's wife, created by the "dream team" of Maya, director Robert Woodruff, composers Missy Mazzoli and Eve Beglarian, writer Erin Cressida Wilson, and choreographer Karole Armitage

More profile about the speaker
Maya Beiser | Speaker | TED.com
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Maya Beiser: A cello with many voices

مایا بیەسیەر: چەلۆ و چەند دەنگێکی جیاواز

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ژەنیاری چەلۆ، مایا بیەسیەر، هەشت پارچە مۆسیقای مۆدێرن و حەوت پارچە مۆسیقایی خۆی دەژێنێت. بەبێ وەستان دەچێتە سەر ژەنینی چەند پارچە مۆسیقایەکی ناخهەژێن بە سود وەرگرتن لە تەکنەلۆژیا ڕێگە بێ کۆتا بۆ گواستنەوەی دەنگ دەگرێتە بەر. مۆسیقای ستیڤ ریەخت، بیل مۆریسەن و دیڤد لانگ دەژەنێت.
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Thank you.
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سوپاس.
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Imagining a solo cello concert,
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بۆ هێنانە بەرچاوی
کۆنسێرتێکی تایبەت بە چەلۆ
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one would most likely think of Johann Sebastian Bach
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دەبێت جۆهن سێباستیان باخ بهێنینە بەرچاو
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unaccompanied cello suites.
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لە ژەنینی چەلۆ
هاوشێوەی نیە.
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As a child
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کە منداڵ بووم
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studying these eternal masterpieces,
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خوێندنی ئەم پارچە مۆسیقایانە
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Bach's music would intermingle
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لەگەڵ گۆرانی
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with the singing voices of Muslim prayers
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و دەنگی نوێژی موسڵمانەکان
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from the neighboring Arab village
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لە گوندە عەرەبیە درواسێکانمان
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of the northern Kibbutz in Israel
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لە باشوری ئیسرایل
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where I grew up.
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تێکەڵ دەبوو.
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Late at night, after hours of practicing,
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لە شەودا، دوای چەندین کاتژمێر لە ڕاهێنان،
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I would listen to Janis Joplin and Billie Holiday
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گوێم بۆ جانیس جۆپلین
و بیلی هۆڵیدی شل دەکرد
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as the sounds of tango music
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کاتێ دەنگی سەمای تانگۆ
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would be creeping from my parents' stereo.
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لە ئامێرە دەنگیەکانی باوکم دەردەچوو.
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It all became music to me.
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تەنها مۆسیقا هەبوو.
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I didn't hear the boundaries.
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بەربەستەکان ڕیگر نەبوون،
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I still start every day
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هەموو ڕۆژێک بەم شێوەیە دەست پێ دەکەم
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practicing playing Bach.
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ڕاهێنان لەسەر باخ دەکەم.
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His music never ceases
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باخ هیچ کاتێک ناوەستێ
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to sound fresh and surprising to me.
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لە نوێ بوونەوە و دڵشاد کردنم.
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But as I was moving away
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بەڵام کاتێک لە مۆسیقای
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from the traditional classical repertoire
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سونەتی دوور کەوتمەوە
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and trying to find new ways
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ڕێگەی تازەی
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of musical expression,
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دەربڕینی مۆسیقام تاقی دەکردەوە
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I realized that with today's technological resources,
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بۆم بەدەر کەوت کە بە یارمەتی تەکنەلۆژیا،
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there's no reason to limit
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هیچ بەربەستێک نامێنێت،
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what can be produced at one time
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بۆ بەرهەمهێنانی زیاتر
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from a single string instrument.
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لە یەک وەتەری ئامێری مۆسیقا.
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The power and coherency
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هێز و بەردەوامی
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that comes from one person hearing, perceiving and playing all the voices
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لەو کەسە دێت کە گوێ دەگرێت،
وەردەگرێت و دەنگەکان دەژەنێت
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makes a very different experience.
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ئەزمونێکی جیاوازە.
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The excitement of a great orchestra performance
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ئەدای ورژێنەری ئۆڕکێسترا گەورەکان
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comes from the attempt to have a collective of musicians
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لە یەکخستنی کۆمەڵە ژەنیارێک دێت
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producing one unified whole concept.
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کە هەوڵی پێشکەس کردنی
یەک پارچە مۆسیقا دەدەن.
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The excitement from using multi-tracking,
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ئەم هەستە ورژێنەرانەی
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the way I did in the piece you will hear next,
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وەک لەم پارچەیەی تازە پێشکەشکم کردن،
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comes from the attempt
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سەرچاوە دەگرێت لە هەوڵدان
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to build and create a whole universe
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بۆ دروست کردنی تەواوی گەردون
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with many diverse layers,
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بە چەند توێژاڵێکی جیاواز
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all generated from a single source.
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کە هەموویان لە یەک سەرچاوە دروست دەبن.
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My cello and my voice are layered
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چەلۆ و دەنگم دوو توێژاڵن
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to create this large sonic canvas.
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بۆ نەخشاندنی تابلۆ لەسەر
ئەم چەرمە پڕسەدا یە.
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When composers write music for me,
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کاتێک کەمپۆزەرەکان مۆسیقا بۆ من دەنووسن،
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I ask them to forget what they know about the cello.
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پێیان دەڵیم بیر لە چەلۆ مەکەنەوە.
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I hope to arrive at new territories
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دەمەوێت ئەزمونی تازە بدۆزمەوە
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to discover sounds I have never heard before.
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بۆ گوێبیستنی ئەو دەنگانەی کە نەمبیستوون.
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I want to create endless possibilities
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دەمەوێت شانسی بێ کۆتا دروست بەم
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with this cello.
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چەلۆیە دروست بکەم.
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I become the medium through which the music is being channeled,
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من تەنها ڕۆڵی گەیەنەر
لە نێوان مۆسیقا و گوێگر دەگێڕم،
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and in the process, when all is right,
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لە پڕۆسەیەک کە هەموو شتێک گونجاوە
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the music is transformed
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مۆسیقا دەگوازرێتەوە و
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and so am I.
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منیش هەروا.
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Translated by Koya University 1
Reviewed by Koya University

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Maya Beiser - Cellist
Maya Beiser commissions and performs radical new work for the cello.

Why you should listen

The founding cellist of the Bang on a Can All Stars, cellist Maya Beiser is a frequent collaborator with artists across the spectrum of creativity -- visual artists such as Shirin Neshat, video artists such as Irit Batsry -- to produce groundbreaking multimedia concerts.

Composers who write for her follow her passion for melding influences -- Middle Eastern sounds, classic and modern tones. Her newest project, Elsewhere, is described as "a CELLoOpera." Elsewhere is an imaginative retelling of the Biblical legend of Lot's wife, created by the "dream team" of Maya, director Robert Woodruff, composers Missy Mazzoli and Eve Beglarian, writer Erin Cressida Wilson, and choreographer Karole Armitage

More profile about the speaker
Maya Beiser | Speaker | TED.com

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