With legend around and commemoration dates at bottom.īICENTENARIO DEL NACIMIENTO DEL LIBERTADOR SIMON BOLIVARīicentennial of birth of the Liberator Simon Bolivar Edge Fineness and weight at bottom-left and value at bottom. Retrieved 6 October 2007.200th Anniversary of the Birth of Simon Bolivar Obverseįront of Simon Bolívar's Birthplace. (March 2012), Why has America taken so long to launch its own National Youth Orchestra?, BBC Music Magazine ^ Justin Davidson (18 November 2007), "¡Qué Fantástico!: Gustavo Dudamel makes an enormously charismatic New York debut" on /arts.^ In Harmony – Sistema England website Retrieved 25 February 2012.^ "How an Orchestra saved Venezuela's Children".Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. "Simon Rattle: Abreu deserves the Nobel peace prize". "Prom 29: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra – review". ^ Charlotte Higgins (24 November 2006).The orchestra previously released other recordings, including several ballet pieces, in the early 1990s on the Dorian Recordings label. The orchestra and Dudamel have made four recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, one of Beethoven one of Mahler one of Tchaikovsky and a collection of Latin American music.
In 2012, the music critic of the London Times stated his opinion that the high international profile of the Venezuelan orchestra under Dudamel was a factor in the creation of a national youth orchestra in the United States. In 2007, the orchestra and Dudamel appeared at Carnegie Hall. The cellist Julian Lloyd Webber was appointed chairman of the steering group of In Harmony, a British government-led music education and community development project which is based on El Sistema and which planned a three-year project in three impoverished areas of England. Hosted by Alan Yentob, the film took a detailed look at the unique music education system of Venezuela, of which the orchestra is an integral part, and described a recent attempt to imitate its success in Raploch, a deprived district of the city of Stirling, Scotland.
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The concert was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and deferred live on BBC Four TV.Ī BBC TV documentary programme in the Imagine arts series, first shown on 18 November 2008, examined the history and ethos of the orchestra and its role in tackling the social problems of Venezuela and its success in transforming the lives of some of the nation's poorest children, including interviews with Dudamel, key members of the orchestra, and current and former students. In August 2007, the orchestra made its debut at the BBC Proms, to critical acclaim and an enthusiastic reception from the audience. Most of its music students come from poor socio-economic backgrounds. The name of the center reflects the fact that El Sistema sees itself as a social agency: Venezuela's youth orchestras are run under the auspices of the Fundación Musical Simón Bolívar (FMSB), formerly known as the Fundacion del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de las Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela, known colloquially as El Sistema.īased in Caracas, the orchestra moved its home in 2007 from the Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex to a new Center for Social Action Through Music nearby. The orchestra has worked with many famous conductors including Claudio Abbado and Simon Rattle. Gustavo Dudamel has been the orchestra's artistic director since 1999. The economist José Antonio Abreu established the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar on 12 February 1978. It was replaced as the national youth orchestra by the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra. By 2011, it was no longer officially a youth orchestra as many of its members remained with the orchestra and the average age had risen to the early 20's. Named after the Venezuelan national hero Simón Bolívar, it was initially the apex of the nation's system of youth orchestras. The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela ( Spanish: Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela) is a Venezuelan orchestra. The Orchestra during a performance in 2013 at the Julio Prestes Cultural Complex, São Paulo, Brazil
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