Musician and composer Tina Lajevardian plays a song on the oud, transforming a centuries-old Iranian musical tradition into something startlingly intimate — and proving that the oldest instruments still have new things to say. (Recorded at TED@BCG on October 23, 2025)
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@iamShirzad
September 11, 2026 at 11:02 am
First view and like 🎉
@수구-k8b
September 11, 2026 at 11:11 am
what?
@chocomalk
September 11, 2026 at 11:34 am
It’s great but what is the “new take”???
lol
@AuntySuuuue
September 11, 2026 at 11:47 am
Dreamy 🥰
@homewall724
September 11, 2026 at 11:50 am
Fancier than the Japanese shimsen
@Kaina371
September 11, 2026 at 11:58 am
Je commence la guitare et sa me semble déjà très dur mais alors là on est clairement sur 18 niveau au dessus, trop beau bravo a elle
@manonjupiter4538
September 11, 2026 at 12:04 pm
Che cojoni
@littypetitty
September 11, 2026 at 12:06 pm
This sounds like something I played as a kid while mindlessly strumming before I learned how to play
@LynLynette1
September 11, 2026 at 12:13 pm
The performance wasn’t long enough! Beautiful 🌷💜
@47hf
September 11, 2026 at 12:45 pm
From Yemen!
@cloudpoint0
September 11, 2026 at 2:24 pm
Tina Lajevardian is Iranian (she currently lives and works in Dubai) and the oud instrument she is playing is originally from Persia although it is also popularly played in Yemen.
@chiamaka_iweajunwa
September 11, 2026 at 2:39 pm
It was really soothing to hear😌
@user-kq2tc5hy5g
September 11, 2026 at 3:00 pm
should male musicians also perform half naked?