Artists, Musicians and the Internet: Usman Riaz at TEDxFoggyBottom

A TED Fellow, TED Senior Fellow and scholarship student at Berklee College of Music, Usman has quickly become a world-renowned musician at the young age of 23. In this remarkable performance, he demonstrates how the Internet can lead to learning new things and how what may seem impossible can actually become a reality.

Usman Riaz began playing classical piano at the age of six and taught himself to play a variety of instruments using the Internet as a learning tool. A composer, multi instrumentalist, visual artist and filmmaker, Usman has been traveling all over the world sharing his artwork and music with audiences to emphasize how we can use multimedia around us to further our talents. At 21 years of age Usman Riaz is a TED Fellow and has spoken and performed at the TED Global Conferences in 2012 in Edinburgh and received a scholarship to Berklee School of Music in Boston.

"Usman Riaz-Ruckus", sound recording administered by: The Orchard Music



"SimplyZinhle Production" - Filming and production directed by Zinhle Essamuah.

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