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About TEDx
Created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading,” the TEDx program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis.
About TED
TED is a global foundation devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then, its scope has become ever broader.
With its two annual conferences, video website TED.com, initiatives and community projects, TED is now a platform and a global movement focused on meaningful change through the power of ideas.
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Janusz SZPROT
Jazz Performer and Instructor
Composer, arranger, musicologist and educator, Janusz is an experienced musician with rich background as a professional jazz pianist, both as sideman and leader with various ensembles. He grew up in Warsaw, Poland, where he received his Masters Degree in Musicology. During his education he worked as a musical practitioner but also as a jazz critic and educator. European audiences know him well as a pianist/arranger for an ensemble called SAMI SWOI. During his stints with this little big band he performed with numerous jazz giants such as Wild Bill Davison, Budd Johnson, Beryl Bryden, Maxine Howard, Big Bill Ramsey, Simeon Szterev, Birger Sulsbruck. In 1993 he founded the POLISH-TURKISH JAZZ FORMATION, a super group composed of the best Polish and Turkish musicians. His longtime Turkish musical friends are Sibel Kose, Kamil Erdem, Tuna Otenel, Onder Focan, Cem Aksel, Ferit Odman and Meltem Ege to name a few. He remains a very active international musician with an impressive discography of 15 records as well as a long list of played festivals around the globe. At present he serves as Director of Jazz Studies at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.