Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

Beginning as a youth group, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela gained fame as the pinnacle of Venezuela's famed El Sistema music education program. The orchestra now has adult members who began as young players with the group, and it has toured internationally and made several recordings. El Sistema was founded in 1975 by composer and educator José Antonio Abreu and associated orchestral performances began soon after that. Some sources give the founding date of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (Spanish: Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venez...