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All provinces should be filled with choruses and orchestras, all of them. Daily life should be expressed in music.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAbreu's El Sistema, or the System, is formally known as the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela, and has become one of the proudest achievements of a country that otherwise struggles with rampant violent crime, 26-percent inflation and bitter political divisions.\u003cbr/\u003eThe program now involves more than 300,000 students, a remarkable number in a nation of about 29 million people. \u003cbr/\u003eIn small towns and cities, children and teenagers are learning the music of composers from Mozart to Mahler.\u003cbr/\u003eEl Sistema received a boost in February when Dudamel dazzled audiences by conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic in his homeland for the first time since becoming the orchestra's music director in 2009. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Philharmonic joined Venezuela's leading orchestra, the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, and a chorus of more than 1,200 singers in the Feb. 18 finale, performing Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in a broadcast shown live in U.S. movie theaters.\u003cbr/\u003eAmerican actor John Lithgow, who hosted the broadcast, said he was in awe of the passion displayed by the Venezuelan musicians.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's completely miraculous the fact that in this troubled country, the one constant in the last 37 years has been El Sistema,\" Lithgow said. \"It's all for the good of these kids. It's just astonishing. It's extremely inspiring. I've never seen such discipline in little children, discipline combined with joy.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAbreu said he doesn't plan to stop dreaming and wants to expand the program he has spent much of his life building.\u003cbr/\u003eAt his desk in a small, glass-walled office at Caracas' premier concert hall, Abreu excitedly proclaimed: \"What's happening here now with this Mahler project is an example for the world, and it's unique.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"And in the future we'll continue with projects like this one, with other orchestras and other countries,\" he said. \"This is a process that's going to be ... bigger all the time.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAbreu said he considers himself \"a social worker, an artist who does social work for art and who dedicates his life exclusively to the youth and children of his country.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThat passion was rooted in Abreu's childhood growing up in a musical family in the western Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto. \u003cbr/\u003eHis maternal grandparents immigrated from Italy bringing a collection of instruments with them, according to a book about Abreu and the orchestra program by journalist Chefi Borzacchini.\u003cbr/\u003eAbreu's grandmother sang opera to him, and his grandfather founded a band in their Andean farming town in nearby Trujillo state.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to the book, Abreu said his house was the only one in the area with a piano.\u003cbr/\u003eEncouraged by his family, Abreu learned to play the piano and violin starting at age 9, \"very late\" in retrospect, he said. \u003cbr/\u003eHe later studied composing and also pursued non-musical interests, becoming an economist and eventually winning a congressional seat.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile he was a young music student, he became irritated that such education in Venezuela was confined to elite, with few teachers and a lack of instruments for the poor, while countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Mexico had much more developed teaching programs. \u003cbr/\u003eYoung musicians in Venezuela who graduated from music programs, he said, \"had no professional destiny.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"It made me furious that my country at that time couldn't reach the same goal,\" Abreu said. \"We had to bring ourselves to their level and surpass it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe result of that indignation was El Sistema, which he started in 1975. \u003cbr/\u003eAbreu traveled the country founding orchestra after orchestra like a musical Johnny Appleseed.\u003cbr/\u003eSuccessive governments, including the 13-year-old administration of President Hugo Chavez, have provided financial support, as have private businesses and other donors. \u003cbr/\u003eThe program currently receives about $160 million a year from the government, said Eduardo Mendez, executive director of the Simon Bolivar Musical Foundation, which oversees the orchestras.\u003cbr/\u003eInternational recognition has been widespread, and programs modeled after El Sistema have sprung up from Scotland to Los Angeles.\u003cbr/\u003eDudamel said in a 2008 interview with The Associated Press that Abreu's vision has made possible a program in Venezuela that is akin to a big musical family, and \"he's like the fundamental pillar in all of this.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAbreu has struggled recently with health troubles, undergoing surgeries for kidney problems and hydrocephalus. \u003cbr/\u003eAs he climbs stairs, he steadies himself holding the arm of a colleague. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Abreu remains energetic and highly driven, attending performances and promoting the orchestras.\u003cbr/\u003eAbreu said he's confident the program will carry on without him because it's replete with younger leaders, administrators and teachers. \u003cbr/\u003eIn addition to Dudamel, who has become the program's star alumnus, Abreu counts on musician-managers who have spent their lives in El Sistema, including Mendez; Valdemar Rodriguez, the foundation's deputy director; and Victor Rojas, general manager of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra.\u003cbr/\u003eAsked what the program needs to keep thriving, Abreu answered: \"We need the government to keep recognizing that music is a right of our children, that our facilities be all the more excellent the poorer the children.\"\u003cbr/\u003eUnder Abreu's leadership, the Center of Social Action for Music was built in Caracas, and another modern music center with two concert halls and rooms for rehearsals will go up in Barquisimeto.\u003cbr/\u003eMendez said the center will be designed by celebrated architect Frank Gehry, who is famous for iconic buildings such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain.\u003cbr/\u003eAbreu said the new center's main concert hall will be named \"Dudamel Hall\" and cities across the country should have similar music centers.\u003cbr/\u003e\"El Sistema is a utopia, with all the immense energy of a utopia, with all the beauty,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eFor Abreu, music is about life writ large, instilling values that help children succeed outside of concert halls. Abreu's life, for one, has been guided by that vision.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Music isn't just artistic expression. It's the whole concept of harmony, of cosmic harmony,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I've always dreamed of El Sistema proposing principles that are applicable to all other areas, including sports and also science ... I have to recruit people who will accompany me in that. That will come.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eCaracas, Venezuela, 16 February 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide Group of young singers, accompanied by deaf and disabled children who perform a choreography using only their white-gloved hands in Teresa Carreno Theatre \u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid Group of young singers, some of them with disabilities\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid deaf and disabled children who perform a choreography using their white-gloved hands\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close of the same\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide  kids and teenagers which are part of \"El Sistema\" playing to Master Dudamel, Master Abreu and musicians of LA Philharmonic\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of the same\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close little boy playing viola\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close little girl playing violin\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide (left to right) Master Jose Antonio Abreu, founder of \"El Sistema Deborah Borda, President and CEO of L.A Philharmonic, Master Gustavo Dudamel, LA Philharmonic and Simon Bolivar Orchestra Director, and John Lithgow, North American actor, and musicians of LA Philharmonic applauding \u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid (left to right) Master Jose Antonio Abreu, founder of \"El Sistema,\" Master Gustavo Dudamel, LA Philharmonic and Simon Bolivar Orchestra Director and Deborah Borda, President and CEO of LA Philharmonic surrounded by kids belonging to \"El Sistema \"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close Abreu and Dudamel\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Master Jose Antonio Abreu, founder of \"El Sistema\":\u003cbr/\u003e\"And in the future there should not be a single child or teenager out of music in Venezuela.  All provinces have to be full of choirs and orchestras, all of them. Daily life must be expressed in music. \"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eCaracas, Venezuela, 15 February 2012\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid young boys and girl of \"El Sistema \" practicing in the conservatory Simon Bolivar with musicians from LA Philharmonic orchestra \u003cbr/\u003e14. Close of the same\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jonathan Zambrano, bass player and member of \"El Sistema\":  \u003cbr/\u003e\"I am very grateful and, well, is a gift. They give us their knowledge, they came and taught us.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid Bing Wang, member of LA Philharmonic teaching to \"El Sistema\" young musicians \u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid other member of the LA Philharmonic teaching a girl\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eCaracas, Venezuela, 16 February 2012\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Master Jose Antonio Abreu, founder of \"El Sistema\":\u003cbr/\u003e\"\"The System\" is a utopia, with all the immense energy of the utopia. With all the power and beauty of the utopia. Utopia is the continuous call to continue and the creation\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eCaracas, Venezuela, 15 February 2012\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide LA Philharmonic in Teresa Carreno Theatre , conducted by Master Gustavo Dudamel, Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, , and the Simon Bol�var Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela.\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of the same\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close Master Dudamel conducting LA Philharmonic orchestra\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eCaracas, Venezuela, 16 February 2012\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Master Jose Antonio Abreu, founder of \"El Sistema\":\u003cbr/\u003e\"Yes, I have always dreamed of that. I think \"The System\" provides principles for all the arts, even sports and science as well, so that I would work if time would give me that opportunity, to promote sports in children and foster a love to science in young boys and girls.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide kids and teenagers which are part of \"El Sistema\" playing in Teresa Carreno Theatre \u003cbr/\u003e24. Close girl playing viola \u003cbr/\u003e25. Zoom out of the same \u003cbr/\u003e26. 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