By 
Eric Lewis
 | 
TED Stage Talk

Chaos and harmony on piano

Eric Lewis explores the piano's expressive power as he pounds and caresses the keys (and the strings) in a performance during the 2009 TED Prize session. He plays an original song, a tribute to ocean and sky and the vision of the TED Prize winners.

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