[Marxism] Simón Bolivar National Youth Orchestra

[Andrew Pollack <acpollack2@xxxxxxxxx>]

WQXR just played a piece by Venezuela's Simón Bolivar National Youth Orchestra, 
which is mentioned in today's Times as well:
"GUSTAVO DUDAMEL has quickly come a long way from his boyhood in Barquisimeto, 
Venezuela, when he used to conduct toy soldiers. He has attracted glowing 
praise from Simon Rattle, Claudio Abbado and 
Daniel Barenboim, and a reputation as a rising star of the podium. And he?s 
still just a tender 25."
 
"Mr. Dudamel is one of five musicians selected here as artists on the cusp of 
promising futures. He is a product of one of the classical music world?s most 
extraordinary phenomena: Venezuela?s youth orchestra system. Financed by the 
government and the Inter-American Development Bank, it has yielded scores of 
youth orchestras and trained hundreds of thousands of players, many from poor 
neighborhoods. 
"Mr. Dudamel conducts its jewel, the Simón Bolívar National Youth Orchestra." 
The article is at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/arts/music/10waki.html
The CD by the Orchestra is at:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Playlist?date=200609101127&site_id=QXRP

I think the Times profiled the Orchestra a few months ago. It predates Chavez, 
but obviously support for it these days occurs in a different context.

                
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