Venezuelan classical music system under fire Photo: Fernando Llano, ASSOCIATED PRESS print_article_embed|photo-7202643|article-5922704|7 comments_jump_embed|photo-7202643|article-5922704|1 email_share_embed|photo-7202643|article-5922704|1 facebook_share_embed|photo-7202643|article-5922704|2 twitter_share_embed|photo-7202643|article-5922704|3 pinterest_share_embed|photo-7202643|article-5922704|4 reddit_share_embed|photo-7202643|article-5922704|5 google_share_embed|photo-7202643|article-5922704|6 FILE – In this May 7, 2008 file photo, the shadow of a violin student is cast on the wall during a practice session of Venezuela’s youth orchestra system school known as “El Sistema” or The System, in Camatagua, Venezuela. The program has been praised the world over as a model for uplifting disadvantaged youth by connecting them with classical music. But a new book on El Sistema, portrays it as a “model of tyranny” where brutal, marathon practice sessions mirror the apparently unlimited power and top-down style of its magnetic founder, Jose Antonio Abreu. FILE – In this May 7, 2008 file photo, the shadow of a violin… BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — It has been praised the world over as a model for uplifting disadvantaged youth by connecting them with classical music. Source: sfchronicle/ newsinca/venezuelan-classical-music-system-under-fire/
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