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Jorge Bergero

14/05/2018 GMT

Inspirations: Orchestra for the Dying

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Jorge Bergero is a cellist who performs for people who can't make it to concert halls

Jorge Bergero is a musician, but he doesn't just perform in concert halls. He brings musicians to hospitals and care homes to play for the sick and elderly.

Cellist and Outlook Inspirations nominee Jorge Bergero set up Music for the Soul, a volunteer group of professional musicians who take music to the people who can't make it to concert halls. They travel across Argentina and Latin America performing in homes for the aged and hospitals. The project was inspired by his former girlfriend, a fellow musician who died of cancer. You can hear the other nominees for Outlook Inspirations 2018 at www.bbcworldservice.com/outlookinspirations.

Reporter Mary Rose Abraham takes Outlook to meet Bangalore's "millionaire barber".  Ramesh Babu still goes to the salon he owns to cut hair even though he's wealthy enough not to have to work again. We find out why. 

When Conrad Anker set off to climb a mountain in Tibet, he had no idea how it would connect him to a woman named Jenni. They tell Outlook's Saskia Edwards their story of unexpected love. You can hear a longer version of this interview here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswt5q

Image: Jorge Bergero and his cello
Credit: Agustin Benencia

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