# How music helped me live through long COVID

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2024
- Speaker: Joshua Roman
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_roman_how_music_helped_me_live_through_long_covid)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

An accomplished cellist, TED Fellow Joshua Roman has practiced his instrument daily since he was a child — until a severe case of long COVID almost robbed him of his ability to play. In an inspiring talk, he plays a piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, shares how he found his way back to music and then performs a staggering new solo composition, titled "Immunity."

## Lectures

1. [How music helped me live through long COVID](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/joshua_roman_how_music_helped_me_live_through_long_covid/4ec22d15f357), 17 min (TED's player)