ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Helen Gillet - Cellist
Jazz-based cellist, singer, composer and improviser Helen Gillet performs her own eclectic mix of French, contemporary jazz, North Indian, blues and classical styles.

Why you should listen

With a classical musical education, Helen Gillet's training as an improviser began with North Indian Hindustani vocal ragas in 1998, which launched her into the worlds of free improvisation, jazz, funk, rock and French chansons. She has performed with Cassandra Wilson, Kid Koala, Smokey Robinson, Arcade Fire and more.

Gillet wrote and performed the music for the documentaries Living with Hurricanes: Katrina & Beyond and Living with Water, for the Louisiana State Museum’s Presbytere on Jackson Square.

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Helen Gillet | Speaker | TED.com
TEDWomen 2017

Helen Gillet: "You Found Me"

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A violoncelista e cantora Helen Gillet mistura a sua preparação clássica, origens de jazz em Nova Orleans e capacidade de improviso livre para apresentar a sua própria música eclética. Numa apresentação potente e melodiosa, ela toca sua canção "You Found Me".
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You foundencontrado me,
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Tu encontraste-me,
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you foundencontrado me
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tu encontraste-me
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undersob a pilepilha of brokenpartido memoriesrecordações
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sob uma pilha de memórias despedaçadas
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with your steadyestável,
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com o teu sólido
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steadyestável love.
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sólido amor.
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You rockedbombou me,
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Tu embalaste-me,
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you rockedbombou me,
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tu embalaste-me,
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you rockedbombou me all throughatravés the night
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tu embalaste-me durante toda a noite
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with your steadyestável,
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com o teu sólido
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steadyestável love.
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sólido amor.
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(CelloVioloncelo musicmúsica continuescontinuou)
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(TapsTorneiras rhythmicallyritmicamente)
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You foundencontrado me,
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Tu encontraste-me,
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you foundencontrado me
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tu encontraste-me
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undersob a pilepilha of brokenpartido memoriesrecordações
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sob uma pilha de memórias despedaçadas
04:14
with your steadyestável,
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com o teu sólido
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your steadyestável,
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o teu sólido
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steadyestável love.
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sólido amor.
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And you rockedbombou me,
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E tu embalaste-me,
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you rockedbombou me,
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tu embalaste-me,
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you rockedbombou me all throughatravés the night
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tu embalaste-me durante toda a noite
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with your steadyestável,
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com o teu sólido
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steadyestável, steadyestável love.
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sólido, sólido amor.
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(MusicMúsica endstermina)
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(Fim da música)
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(ApplauseAplausos)
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Thank you.
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Obrigada
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(Aplausos)
Translated by Neil Teixeira
Reviewed by Margarida Ferreira

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Helen Gillet - Cellist
Jazz-based cellist, singer, composer and improviser Helen Gillet performs her own eclectic mix of French, contemporary jazz, North Indian, blues and classical styles.

Why you should listen

With a classical musical education, Helen Gillet's training as an improviser began with North Indian Hindustani vocal ragas in 1998, which launched her into the worlds of free improvisation, jazz, funk, rock and French chansons. She has performed with Cassandra Wilson, Kid Koala, Smokey Robinson, Arcade Fire and more.

Gillet wrote and performed the music for the documentaries Living with Hurricanes: Katrina & Beyond and Living with Water, for the Louisiana State Museum’s Presbytere on Jackson Square.

More profile about the speaker
Helen Gillet | Speaker | TED.com

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