Youth orchestra of Venezuela's poor wows the world
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Venezuela's Sim&#243;n Bol&#237;var Youth Orchestra arrives next week at the New England Conservatory. What drives this revolutionary group of musicians?
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Enrique Morente gave an astonishingly good performance of a flamenco style called cante jondo at Carnegie Hall on Saturday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- JesÃÂºs Vivas drives a 26-year-old clunker with rusted fenders, ripped upholstery and a tattered carpet. With a wheeze, a plume of smoke and a walrus-like roar, the wreck he calls a taxi accelerates down congested streets. About the only thing that works well is a new radio,...
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The BBC World Service names seven finalists in its competition to find the world's best young music act.
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By Tim Cornwell Arts Correspondent  SCOTLAND'S national orchestra is to broadcast its recordings and sell thousands of tracks across the internet, in a move believed to be a world first.
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&quot;Walking around here, you get the sense that this is not a country like France -- it's a poor country,&quot; says Cynthia, a French teenager among the dozens who have been sent to Senegal under a groundbreaking community service program to aid troubled youths.
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When the rule of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was reaffirmed in a landslide 58-42 percent victory on Sunday, the opposition who put the recall vote on the ballot was stunned. They obviously don&#39;t spend much time in the nation&#39;s poor neighborhoods.
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ATHENS - The sound you hear is the sound of the world gloating. It was a very bad day for los Americanos. The sound you hear is the sound of Italians crying for joy.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Another generation of viewers  finally has its chance to experience the magic of Leonard  Bernstein's famed Young People's Concerts.
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David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra gave an engaging, informative and unabashedly quirky demonstration of how to demystify a daunting contemporary work for the public.
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The thriving art world has something to teach the classical music world.
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This year unusual clarity emerged for the future leadership of the nationâs leading orchestras.
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A group of ambitious businessmen has created an international contest to reward groups that have demonstrated achievements in arts and humanitarian service.
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Tonight Simon Trpceski, a 28-year-old Macedonian, begins a series of performances of Tchaikovskyâs First Piano Concerto with Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic to help begin that orchestraâs âThe Tchaikovsky Experience.â
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Venezuela's electoral officials say an audit of the vote on President Hugo Chavez's rule shows it was fair.
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The Ambitious Orchestra is one of several musical projects trying to draw younger, hipper music lovers to concert halls.
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Jeffrey Milarsky led the Manhattan Sinfonietta in an energetic performance that was the picture of ensemble virtuosity.