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22 Jun 2012: Collaboration between children and the Simón Bolívar orchestra offered touching moments, writes Kate Molleson -
21 Jun 2012:
Beethoven's third symphony - the Eroica - is an exposing piece for any orchestra. Will the newly matured Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra make the grade?
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21 Jun 2012:
The London 2012 festival began; the Government championed arts philanthropy; speculation continued over the next chair of Arts Council England
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21 Jun 2012:
Ahead of the outdoor concert that opens the London 2012 Festival, musicians from the Simón Bolívar Orchestra, including star conductor Gustavo Dudamel, hold an orchestral masterclass in Raploch with children from Sistema Scotland
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Audio slideshow,
20 Jun 2012:
A day in the life of eight-year-old Morgan, a viola player in the Big Noise orchestra based in Raploch, Stirling. The orchestra was set up in 2008, inspired by Venezuela's El Sistema music education scheme to help poorer children. The Big Noise has been selected to open the 2012 Olympic festival in Scotland with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
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20 Jun 2012:
El Sistema and Gustavo Dudamel's Simón Bolívar Orchestra turn musicianship into citizenship in Stirling's Raploch estate
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19 Jun 2012:
The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra conductor loves London, and London loves him back. Marshall Marcus looks at a maturing relationship
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14 Jun 2012:
In a rare interview, El Sistema founder José Antonio Abreu talks about his passion for Venezuela's extraordinary musical programme that gives children a route out of poverty
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Video
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14 Jun 2012:
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra in Leonard Bernstein's Mambo, one of their signature encores. The concert was in Caracas on New Year's Eve 2007.
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20 May 2012:
José Ángel Salazar, part of the country's successful El Sistema music programme, is not old enough to earn a wage, but the Youth Orchestra of Nueva Esparta is at his command
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8 Nov 2011: Editorial: The man at the helm of The Choir, the UK's answer to Venezuela's El Sistema, leading song that can liberate souls
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20 Oct 2010: 'Count me out of the El Sistema party'
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3 Oct 2010: Observer editorial: Teaching the young and poor to play a classical instrument can make a huge difference
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3 Oct 2010: The renowned conductor says José Antonio Abreu should be honoured internationally for his achievement in devising El Sistema, the music education project, writes Ed Vulliamy
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3 Oct 2010:
A revolutionary project from Venezuela is getting Britain's poorest children off the streets and into an orchestra, writes Ed Vulliamy
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