Music & storytelling | Usman Riaz | TEDxBeaconStreet

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Have you learned anything useful on YouTube lately? Performing on guitar, piano, harmonica and finally debuting an orchestral piece, Usman Riaz will share how he used the internet and multimedia to learn from some of the greatest people in the world just by watching them.

Anything is possible with the information available at our fingertips. Imagine what we can achieve if we decide to use it.


A self taught composer, visual artist and filmmaker, at 21 years of age Usman Riaz became a TED Fellow and has spoken and performed at the TED Global Conferences in 2012 in Edinburgh and received a scholarship to Berklee School of Music in Boston. At 23, Usman is now the youngest TED Senior Fellow.

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