Hayden Arp performing Black Hole. Written by Hayden Arp. Violin: Elizabeth Basoff, Claudia Duro. Viola: Jiaqi Xu. Cello: Ana Percevic. Video produced by Apehouse (www.apehouse.at). Hayden Arp is an American songwriter living in Vienna, Austria. He was raised outside of Washington, DC, and studied electronic music composition at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. His debut single, In the Fading Light, was described by The FADER as “Tingling… gorgeous,” and his debut EP, For Gabriel, was called “Beautiful and elegiac” by ThrdCoast. 2022 has seen him release new music such as “The Ones Who Took it Away,” a song for the climate crisis, and his debut LP, With Eliza, an album about road trips, writing, and Virginia in the summertime. He has performed around the world in cities such as Los Angeles, Paris, Vienna, New York, and Berlin. www.haydenarp.com.
The X Quartet is made up of Elizabeth Basoff, Claudia Duro, Jiaqi Xu, and Ana Percevic, all incredible musicians from around the world who met each other during their studies at Vienna's MDW (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien). They are based in Vienna. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx