Gabriela Montero Opposes SBSOV Tour

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Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra

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Top Venezuelan pianist urges music world to snub youth orchestra linked to Maduro

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Pianist Gabriela Montero has called on concert halls and promoters to cut ties with Venezuela 's youth orchestra.

The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela ( SBSOV ) is scheduled to perform at some of Europe ’s most prestigious classical music venues in January .

The orchestra has been celebrated around the world for its effervescent performances and work training virtuoso musicians from poor backgrounds.

Critics claim that in recent years as Venezuela has slipped into authoritarian rule and economic turmoil Maduro 's regime has turned the orchestra into an international propaganda tool.

El Sistema receives state funding, and has since its inception, as do its orchestras.

But a representative denied the orchestra was a propaganda tool for Maduro , claiming “the opposite is true” Musicians are not a privileged class of citizen, granted immunity from their common duty of care to reject tyrannical systems’.

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