Saturday, March 9, 2013

Modern Bands / Musicians in Venezuela

By Ilana Mayes

Franco De Vita
Franco De Vita (1954-Present) is a solo singer-songwriter who is very well known in Venezuela. He has a very successful album named Extranjero. One of his songs from this album climbed to the No. 1 spot in the U.S. Latin charts as well as winning a MTV VMA. He also saw later success with more albums and his collaborations with famous Latin musicians such as Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, and Gloria Estefan.

"Mi Sueno" by Franco De Vita

à Works Cited: 1. http://francodevita.com/
Gustavo Dudamel & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel (1981-Present) is the current musical director of the famous and successful Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. Along with conducting and coordinating the orchestra, he is extremely successful in other areas of Latin music with tours in South America and the U.S. This Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra was first started in 1975, and started out as a predominant youth orchestra. Its original goal was to help give poor children an opportunity to gain success and knowledge through music, and has been successful in that for years.
 
"Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10" by Gustavo Dudamel / Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

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