World champion whistler Geert Chatrou performs the whimsical "Eleonora" by A. Honhoff, and his own "Fête de la Belle." In a fascinating interlude, he talks about what brought him to the craft.

لقد اُخبرت بأنها لن تتمكن من الغناء مجدداً .. ولكن مغنية الاوبرا شاريتي تيلمان-ديك تتحدث عن تجربة صحية على حافة الموت خاضتها مع جسدها الضعيف .. حيث أجريت لها عملية زرع للرئة .. وهي تقص هذه القصة وتتبعها بأغنية رائعة بصوتها .. محادثة رائعة من مؤتمر تيد الطبي 2010

Musical innovator Andrew Bird winds together his trademark violin technique with xylophone, vocals and sophisticated electronic looping. Add in his uncanny ability to whistle anything, and he becomes a riveting one-man orchestra.

الموسيقي المبتكر اندرو بيرد يحلق بماركته المسجلة تقنية الكمان بالسيكسفون ,الغناء , و الحلقات الالكترونية المتخصصة. يضيف قدرته الخارقة على جعل اي شيء يصفر , ومن ثم اصبح رائد الاوركيسترا الفردية.

On the web, a new "Friend" may be just a click away, but true connection is harder to find and express. Ze Frank presents a medley of zany Internet toys that require deep participation -- and reward it with something more nourishing. You're invited, if you promise you'll share.

Caroline Phillips cranks out tunes on a seldom-heard folk instrument: the hurdy-gurdy, a.k.a. the wheel fiddle. A searching, Basque melody follows her fun lesson on its unique anatomy and 1,000-year history.

As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He asks: Does the venue make the music? From outdoor drumming to Wagnerian operas to arena rock, he explores how context has pushed musical innovation.

The band OK Go dreamed up the idea of a massive Rube Goldberg machine for their next music video -- and Adam Sadowsky's team was charged with building it. He tells the story of the effort and engineering behind their labyrinthine creation that quickly became the YouTube sensation "This Too Shall Pass."

This haunting, intimate performance by European singer-songwriter Sophie Hunger features songs from her breakout debut "Monday's Ghost" and album "1983."

To write his first studio album in decades, "A Map of the Floating City," Thomas Dolby has been working in the inspirational setting of a restored lifeboat. At TED2010 he premieres a gorgeous, evocative song from that album -- about one night with a legend. He's backed by members of the modern string quartet Ethel.