When a 14-Year-Old in South Central Wants to Learn the Cello – LA Weekly (blog)


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When a 14-Year-Old in South Central Wants to Learn the Cello
LA Weekly (blog)
When representatives from the L.A. Phil first traveled to South America to court the superstar conductor, they had an opportunity to see El Sistema, Venezuela's scrappy, DIY music-education program, in action. They vowed that even if they couldn't ...

Imperia: sabato gran finale per Piani Musicali, protagonista il chitarrista Josè … – Sanremonews


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Imperia: sabato gran finale per Piani Musicali, protagonista il chitarrista Josè ...
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Pensiamo ad esempio proprio al Venezuela da cui giunge il grande Maestro di questa serata – prosegue Lavarnier - L'orchestra rappresenta l'organo centrale del Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela che ha creato un sistema di ...

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Beethoven’s 9th: an ‘appening thing – Arts Hub Australian (subscription)


Beethoven's 9th: an 'appening thing
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The app features an Insights section which has two hours of exclusive interviews with conductors, musicians and writers, including Gustavo Dudamel and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. The interviews offer insights and perspectives on what this work means to ...

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Puccini, Mozart Take Over Grand Avenue This Weekend – LAist


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Puccini, Mozart Take Over Grand Avenue This Weekend
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The LA Phil's fully staged Marriage of Figaro production at Disney Hall is the second piece in its Mozart/DaPonte Trilogy project conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. And Long Beach Opera concluded its run of two one-act operas by Bang on a Can's Michael ...
Los Angeles calls upon star French designers for 'Figaro' opera The Daily Star

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Anita Walker Will Host ‘El Sistema Greater Boston’ Spring Showcase – Broadway World


Anita Walker Will Host 'El Sistema Greater Boston' Spring Showcase
Broadway World
The El Sistema movement came to Boston from Venezuela, initially through the efforts of Mark Churchill, founder and director of El Sistema USA. For 38 years the Venezuelan network of ... While the Venezualan youth orchestras have become famous for ...

Venezuela to Expand Its El Sistema Music Program – Venezuelanalysis.com


Venezuela to Expand Its El Sistema Music Program
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The El Sistema model has been adopted around Latin America and Europe. It is funded by the Venezuelan government, and currently involves around 350,000 children and youths. The new project entails providing children and orchestras with musical ...

Los Angeles calls upon star French designers for ‘Figaro’ opera – MSN Money


Los Angeles calls upon star French designers for 'Figaro' opera
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Nouvel's sparse set slopes from back to front with conductor Gustavo Dudamel's orchestra in a shallow oval pit near the front. He also uses a staircase leading up to the deep-red backdrop to give the space added depth. "It's about finding three very ...

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Josè Luis Lara protagonista dell’ultima serata a Piani Musicali di Imperia – Riviera24.it


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Josè Luis Lara protagonista dell'ultima serata a Piani Musicali di Imperia
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L'orchestra rappresenta l'organo centrale del Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela che ha creato un sistema di scuole musicali con 135 orchestre giovanili e 75 orchestre infantili, affiancate da un altrettanto vasto sistema ...

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New Music Director Andris Nelsons: At BSO, hope rises to the top – Berkshire Eagle


New Music Director Andris Nelsons: At BSO, hope rises to the top
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Nelsons, who has conducted at the Met, doesn't come with the instantly recognizable profile that Gustavo Dudamel brought to the Los Angeles Philharmonic when it went shopping for a director a few years ago. Nelsons is probably even less known in the ...

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Symphony No 9 – Limelight Magazine


Symphony No 9
Limelight Magazine
Both on the mean streets of Caracas with his Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, and closer to Hollywood Boulevard with the LA Philharmonic, who've just re-signed him as Chief Conductor until 2019, and even over in Gothenburg in Europe, he's presiding over ...

New Music Director Andris Nelsons: At BSO, hope rises to the top – Berkshire Eagle


New Music Director Andris Nelsons: At BSO, hope rises to the top
Berkshire Eagle
Nelsons, who has conducted at the Met, doesn't come with the instantly recognizable profile that Gustavo Dudamel brought to the Los Angeles Philharmonic when it went shopping for a director a few years ago. Nelsons is probably even less known in the ...

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Just about everything you’ll want to know about Beethoven’s 9th on your iPad – tuaw.com


Just about everything you'll want to know about Beethoven's 9th on your iPad
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The app also features several interviews, both contemporary and historic, with notable people like Leonard Bernstein and Gustavo Dudamel. The four included performances date from 1962, with the most recent from 1992 played with period instruments.
Exploring Beethoven's Ninth: on your iPad Limelight Magazine

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EL SISTEMA GREATER BOSTON SHOWCASE to Unite Nine Music Programs, 6/1 – Broadway World


EL SISTEMA GREATER BOSTON SHOWCASE to Unite Nine Music Programs, 6/1
Broadway World
These programs, also featured in the June 1st event, include Bridge Boston El Sistema, El Sistema Somerville, Josiah Quincy School Orchestra Program, Margarit Muñiz Academy El Sistema Program, The Roxbury Youth Orchestra, Youth and Family Enrichment ...

Mozart and the LA Philharmonic are at their most sublime in ‘Figaro’ at Walt … – San Bernardino Sun


Mozart and the LA Philharmonic are at their most sublime in 'Figaro' at Walt ...
San Bernardino Sun
Last year the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its marquee music director, Gustavo Dudamel, began a project to stage the three Mozart / da Ponte operas at Disney Hall, beginning with "Don Giovanni." The production featured a stellar international cast and ...

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Costruire con la musica – Tiscali


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Costruire con la musica
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Primo Nucleo ligure del Comitato Sistema delle Orchestre e dei cori giovanili e infantili in Italia, che porta in Italia l'esperienza pedagogico-musicale creata in Venezuela da José Antonio Abreu, l'associazione ha avviato un percorso di educazione ...

Tosca, Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles – review – The Guardian (blog)


The Guardian (blog)

Tosca, Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles - review
The Guardian (blog)
And that's with The Marriage of Figaro next door at the LA Phil in the Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert hall. Here Gustavo Dudamel is conducting a hugely entertaining, semi-staged performance wittily designed by hip French architect Jean Nouvel (with ...

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The Marriage of Figaro – Los Angeles Times


The Marriage of Figaro
Los Angeles Times
Gustavo Dudamel, left, conducts the L.A. Phil, with Edwin Crossley-Mercer as. ( Lawrence K. Ho, Los Angeles Times / May 19, 2013 ). Gustavo Dudamel, left, conducts the L.A. Phil, with Edwin Crossley-Mercer as Figaro.

Il venezuelano Josè Luis Lara al Festival internazionale “Piani Musicali” – Riviera24.it


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Il venezuelano Josè Luis Lara al Festival internazionale "Piani Musicali"
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L'orchestra rappresenta l'organo centrale del Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela che ha creato un sistema di scuole musicali con 135 orchestre giovanili e 75 orchestre infantili, affiancate da un altrettanto vasto sistema ...

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Il venezuelano Josè Luis Lara sabato prossimo al Festival internazionale Piani … – Sanremonews


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Il venezuelano Josè Luis Lara sabato prossimo al Festival internazionale Piani ...
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L'orchestra rappresenta l'organo centrale del Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela che ha creato un sistema di scuole musicali con 135 orchestre giovanili e 75 orchestre infantili, affiancate da un altrettanto vasto sistema ...

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New Edmonton symphony program brings music to inner-city students – Edmonton Journal (blogs) (blog)


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New Edmonton symphony program brings music to inner-city students
Edmonton Journal (blogs) (blog)
The YONA-Sistema (Youth Orchestra of northern Alberta) is inspired by the El Sistema program developed almost 40 years ago in the poorest areas of Venezuela. Its founder, Jose Abreu, saw music as “an agent of social development because it transmits ...

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