Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
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The Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra) is a Venezuelan youth orchestra. The economist José Antonio Abreu established the orchestra on 12 February 1975. The orchestra is under the auspices of Fundacion del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de las Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela, known colloquially as El Sistema.[1] The orchestra is based at the Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex in Caracas and is considered the apex of the nation's system of 220 youth orchestras.[2]
Gustavo Dudamel has been the orchestra's artistic director since 1999. The orchestra and Dudamel have made two recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, of symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven and of Gustav Mahler. In August 2007, the orchestra made its debut at the BBC Proms, to critical acclaim and an enthusiastic reception from the audience: the concert was broadcast live on BBC4 TV.[3]
The orchestra has previously released other recordings, including several ballet pieces in the early 1990s on the 'Dorian Recordings' Label[4].
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- ^ Charlotte Higgins. "Land of hope and glory", The Guardian, 24 November 2006. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- ^ Ed Vulliamy. "Orchestral manoeuvres", The Guardian, 29 July 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- ^ Stephen Pritchard (26 August 2007). Caracas about them. The Observer. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- ^ Emusic listings. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.
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