When conductor Gustavo Dudamel brings the Simón Bolívar
Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (SBSOV) to Carnegie Hall as the
culmination of a 14-day, five-city US tour, many of its 200 musicians
will have traveled a long way from lives of desperate poverty, crime and
violence.
The orchestra is based in Caracas, Venezuela, one of the most
violent cities in the Western hemisphere. It registered 3,218 homicides
during the first 10 months of this year, putting it easily on track to
beat last year’s toll of 3,488 homicides, according to CICPC, the
national police agency. Last year, there were 19,336 homicides in
Venezuela, ranking it higher than neighboring Colombia or Mexico, which
is plagued by a drug war.
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When conductor Gustavo Dudamel brings the Simón Bolívar
Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (SBSOV) to Carnegie Hall as the
culmination of a 14-day, five-city US tour, many of its 200 musicians
will have traveled a long way from lives of desperate poverty, crime and
violence.
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