Eduardo Méndez recalls the day his mother took him for the first time to a small El Sistema center in Mérida, his hometown in the Andean region of Venezuela. He was only 5 and his mom wanted him to do ...

If I say that the Simón Bolívar Orchestra are not an ensemble you really want to hear two nights running that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The energy, the physical hit of their attack is thrilling ...

Pathrycia Mendonça never has to worry about jet lag. The 26-year-old has just jetted into London, where she's about to play 10 nights at Wembley Stadium with Coldplay as part of Venezuela's Simón ...

The historic nature of New Orleans music needs representation so that visitors as well as locals can understand, appreciate and hopefully can lead to more veneration of our music (that’s why we need a ...

When Domingo Hindoyan, the Venezuelan chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, made his debut with L.A. Opera last November with "Roméo et Juliette," Times classical music critic Mark Swed ...

Luis María Frómeta Pereyra, known as Billo Frómeta (15 November 1915 – 5 May 1988) was a Dominican-Venezuelan orchestra conductor, arranger and composer. He was the founder of the orchestra Billo's ...

As the founder and director of the Panama Philharmonic Orchestra, Víctor Mata knows the power of music to soothe spirits and open hearts. And as a Venezuelan who left his country eight years ago at ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, FOX10 is highlighting a woman of Peruvian and Venezuelan heritage who is bringing the music education model that shaped her childhood to the ...