In six months, Venezuela went from opening its doors wide to concerts by international stars to a hotly disputed election, all while the Venezuelan music movement surges stronger than ever. What are ...

Why have thousands of Venezuelan youth and their families chosen to invest their desires in classical music? In this talk, Yana Stainova will discuss her new book Sonorous Worlds: Musical Enchantment ...

El Sistema is a publicly financed music education program founded in Venezuela in 1975 by Venezuelan educator, musician, and activist José Antonio Abreu. Its motto is "Music for Social Change." One of ...

Editor's Note: To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month this year, World Cafe is going on a musical tour of Latin America. Every weekday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we'll spotlight the music of a ...

CARACAS (Reuters) - When Adan Bello was born in Caracas, he barely cried. Then the Venezuelan baby's blinking eyes turned towards the calm melody of a duo of harpists playing Brahms' "Cradle Song" in ...

Venezuelan band Rawayana announced Tuesday night (Dec. 3) that its tour scheduled for this month in Venezuela was canceled, two days after President Nicolas Maduro criticized its recent hit “Veneka” ...

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's classical music superstar Gustavo Dudamel is facing vitriolic criticism from some supporters of the country's political opposition who accuse him of keeping silent ...

You’re probably way more musical than you give yourself credit for. In this video, I break down the simple musical abilities ...

This article explores how Venezuelan musicians experience and speak about music’s “ineffabiiity,” frequently contrasting it with the linguistically fixed state discourses about music. I approach this ...

Danny Ocean was between shows in Australia and New Zealand, but the main thing running through his mind was the upcoming Venezuelan elections. “We’re all very tense, waiting to see what’s going to ...

Online sales are closed. Tickets will be sold at the door. Join us for a spinoff to our popular Sound On concert series, featuring instrumental artists across all genres. You’ll continue to meet fresh ...

Los Llanos is a vast plain that stretches across the border of Venezuela and Colombia. And joropo is the music that sets the rhythm of daily life in a land of ranches and cattle herding. It's a ...