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The DIY orchestra of the future

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Ge Wang |

TEDxStanford

• May 2014

Ge Wang makes computer music, but it isn't all about coded bleeps and blips. With the Stanford Laptop Orchestra, he creates new instruments out of unexpected materials—like an Ikea bowl—that allow musicians to play music that's both beautiful and expressive.

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Ge Wang makes computer music, but it isn't all about coded bleeps and blips. With the Stanford Laptop Orchestra, he creates new instruments out of unexpected materials—like an Ikea bowl—that allow musicians to play music that's both beautiful and expressive.

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Music technologist

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Both a musician and a computer scientist, Ge Wang turns ordinary MacBooks and iPhones into complex instruments.

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