To Play and to Fight (Tocar y luchar)

Fri Aug 30, 2013

19:00

Location

Peace Cultural Center of Nicosia Municipality
62 Ledra Street
Nicosia, Nicosia

Venezuelan Embassy
Phone: 22445332

Description

To Play and To Fight presents the captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System - an incredible network of hundreds of orchestras formed within most of Venezuela's towns and villages. Once a modest program designed to expose rural children to the wonders of music, the system has become one of the most important and beautiful social phenomena in modern history. The documentary portrays the inspirational stories of world class musicians trained by the Venezuelan system, including the Berlin Philharmonic's youngest player Edicson Ruiz and world renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel. With interviews with many of the world's most celebrated musicians including the great tenor Placido Domingo, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Guiseppe Sinopoli, and Eduardo Mata, To Play and To Fight is an inspirational story of courage, determination, ambition, and love showing us that... only those who dream can achieve the impossible.

Cast:
Claudio Abbado
Jose Antonio Abreu
Daniel Arias
Joyce Blanco

Director: Alberto Arvelo
Writer: Alberto Arvelo, Carlos Díaz
Runtime: 70 min
Genre: Documentary
Language: Spanish
Production Year: 2006

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