Joshua Roman is an internationally recognized cellist known for his wide-ranging repertoire. He has performed with leading orchestras around the United States and the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, New World Symphony, Toronto Symphony, BBC Scottish and Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, and he was principal cellist at Seattle Symphony from ages 22 to 24. Equally accomplished as a composer and as an interpreter of the music of other contemporary composers, he plays an 1830 Giovanni Francesco Pressenda on a generous loan through The Stradivari Society of Chicago. He is a TED Fellow.
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Inflection: The talks of TED Salon, presented in partnership with Novo Nordisk
December 2, 2024
We’ve reached a pivot point in the global conversation about our bodies. In an evening of talks, four speakers delved into how science and innovation are reshaping our understanding of well-being, health and what’s possible as we age. The event: TED Salon: Inflection, curated and hosted by Sally Kohn, and presented in partnership with Novo […]
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Future-facing ideas from emerging leaders: TED Talks from the Bezos Scholars
September 15, 2022
The first-ever TED Salon co-created in partnership with the Bezos Family Foundation featured incredible ideas from the Bezos Scholars — extraordinary young people thinking about the future of education, human rights, financial systems and more — as well as some special TED Fellows guests. The result of a years-long collaboration between the Bezos Scholars and […]
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Scenes from a pandemic: Firsthand stories of life in 23 countries, from the TED Fellows
April 10, 2020
To get a panoramic perspective of the pandemic, TED turned to its TED Fellows. From Afghanistan to the US, Brazil to Uganda, India to Russia -- and 17 other countries -- here are their stories.
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