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Imagine; Winter 2008; How an Orchestra Saved Venezuela's Children

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How an Orchestra Saved Venezuela's Children

18/11/2008

Autumn 2008

BBC One - imagine..., Autumn 2008, How an Orchestra Saved Venezuela's Children

Alan Yentob investigates Venezuela's extraordinary music education system.

Alan Yentob investigates Venezuela's extraordinary music education system, running for more than 30 years, designed to steer kids away from the dangers of the street.

The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, which caused a sensation at last year's Proms, is the product of an extraordinary music education system that has been running for more than 30 years. Children as young as two get intensive music lessons designed to steer them away from the dangers of the street. 

With Scotland now trying its own version of the scheme, Alan Yentob investigates the phenomenon and meets its most successful graduate, 27-year-old conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who next year becomes music director of the LA Philharmonic.

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