Listening with a Borderless Ear | Kit Young | TEDxYangon

Kit fell in love with Myanmar music a long time ago. In this engaging talk, Kit and her Gitameit singers lead the TEDxYangon audience in a singalong session to appreciate music from different parts of the world, showing that the love for music is human and without borders. American pianist-composer Kit Young (aka Sandaya Khin Khin Lei) heard magic in traditional Myanmar music on her first listen as a visitor to the Rangoon of 1972. When residing in Thailand in the 1990’s, she visited Yangon often to study sandaya with U Yi Nwe and Gita Lulin U Ko Ko. In 2003, Gitameit Music Institute was born in Yangon. The school offered new ways of absorbing Myanmar and Western musical cultures which have developed creative opportunities for young musicians in Myanmar. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx