Venezuela and China becomes global reference with social and cultural program
The National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela is a social and cultural program of the Venezuelan State, which has turned into a global reference for its method that combines musical training with collective values that allow the training cycle to be infinite. teleSUR
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00:00The unique methods implemented by the Program to Train Musicians of the National System
00:18of Youth and the Children's Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela have made it a global
00:23success.
00:24Let's see for the details.
00:32The National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela is a social
00:37and cultural program of the Venezuelan state, which has turned into a global reference for
00:42its method that combines musical training with collective values that allow the training
00:47cycle to be infinite.
00:51It seeks the social reintegration of children and youngsters through music and has created
00:56a structure across the country to serve over a million children.
01:04This system has further reached countries such as China, where a core of the symphony
01:08orchestra operates and with which cultural exchanges are constant.
01:12In addition, the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra is a permanent social guest in Beijing and
01:17other regions of China, where musicians have been able to exchange experiences in a perfect
01:23musical language.
01:27Last year I had the opportunity to be there again with the Simón BolÃvar Symphony Orchestra
01:30of Venezuela, but this time I went as an assistant conductor.
01:34I was not conducting, but I was an assistant conductor, and I could see how the city changed,
01:39how the city evolved in some things, and in others it kept its essence, how there is a
01:44huge interest in the arts, in being able to continue learning, in that sharing.
01:49It was really wonderful.
01:50It was also very nice to see many young people at the concerts, both in Beijing and Shanghai,
01:56because that speaks very well that the youth is avid for art, avid for music, and wants
02:02to keep playing, wants to keep singing, regardless of where we are.
02:06The fact of being able to send these matches of the program, and what we do here daily
02:10in Venezuela, to any country, especially China, is really amazing.
02:40The lives of those who are part of the program are changed in a positive way, and even those
02:55who pass through this school and become professionals in other areas are grateful to have been part
03:00of this cultural history that unites the peoples worldwide through the universal language music.
03:10Something very enticing and something that people don't know about the program is that
03:13most of its personnel, most of those almost over 10,000 workers that we have at the national
03:18level, were also part of it.
03:21They started in a nucleus or in a module, and then today they are either as teachers
03:25or they are in different administrative areas.
03:27We have, for example, our doctors.
03:29Many of our medical service doctors are musicians.
03:32Also our engineers, the administrators, the directors of the nuclei, the managers, in
03:37all areas.
03:38That is something wonderful, and it is very nice to see how all these people who are at
03:42the national level are every day, as Maestro Abreu taught us, playing, singing, and fighting
03:48so that we can be better every day.
03:51The National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela was founded
03:56in 1975 by the Venezuelan maestro and musician, José Antonio Abreu, who designed a method
04:03to systematize instruction and collective and individual practice of music through
04:08symphony orchestras and choirs as instruments of social organization and humanistic development.
04:16That motivation that comes from participating in a concert, participating in a presentation
04:21where you are applauded and your self-esteem is filled, it is something so important for
04:25a child, for a young person, and that is what the program has been doing somehow.
04:31This pedagogical, artistic, and social model, which has gained global relevance, is the
04:36social responsibility program with the greatest impact in the history of Venezuela.