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 ...

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 ...

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 ...