YouTube's Got An Ear (And Eye) For Music

YouTube's Got An Ear (And Eye) For Music

Move over you pervs, YouTube's more interested in classical music.

In the coming days, users of the largest video-sharing website YouTube would likely find it difficult to search for pornography-related videos. Also, if you take a look at YouTube's latest Community Guidelines, you'll know that the folks at YouTube are serious about keeping the 'bad stuff' at bay.

On another note, in the future, YouTube users will be able to access symphonies performed by various artists as the website has announced its initiative called 'YouTube Symphony Orchestra.'
To launch the above initiative, the video-sharing website has announced a collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Grammy Award-winning conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, Academy Award-winning and Olympics theme composer Tan Dun, world-renowned pianist Lang Lang, the first YouTube Symphony Orchestra Global Ambassador, and many other stars of classical music and other leading institutions.

The website is inviting musicians from across the world to submit two videos showcasing their personal style - one, their interpretation of an original Tan Dun composition, written specifically for this program, and another, a video designed to demonstrate their musical and technical talent.

Entries from musicians should reach YouTube between December 1, 2008 and January 28, 2009. The YouTube community will be invited to vote on the semifinalists from February 14, 2009 through February 22, 2009. Musicians who are selected will be announced on YouTube on March 2, 2009.

The selected musicians will participate in a three-day classical music summit at New York with Michael Tilson Thomas and leading performers in the field, culminating in a Carnegie Hall performance on April 15, 2009, says YouTube.