Trujillo (State) - People from Valera, Jos Antonio Abreu, Adriano Gonz Lez Le N, Jorge Valero, Trujillo, Elizabeth Mosquera, Danielys Garc a (Paperback)

Chapters: People From Valera, Jos Antonio Abreu, Adriano Gonz lez Le n, Jorge Valero, Trujillo, Elizabeth Mosquera, Danielys Garc a, Karina Rivero, Ana Enriqueta Ter n, Mendoza Del Valle Del Momboy. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jos Antonio Abreu (born May 7, 1939 in Valera) is a Venezuelan pianist, economist, educator, activist, and politician. Born in the western city of Valera in 1939, Abreu was trained as an economist. He holds a PhD degree in economics from the Universidad Cat lica Andres Bello and did some graduate work in petroleum economics at the University of Michigan. He served as a Deputy at the Chamber of Deputies in the old Congress of Venezuela. After his political career, he also worked as a professor of economics and law at Universidad Sim n Bol var and his Alma Mater. He would return to politics briefly in 1983 to serve as Minister of Culture. Abreu began to study music with Doralisa Jim nez de Medina in Barquisimeto. Later, he attended the Caracas Musical Declamation Academy in 1957, where he studied piano with Mois s Moleiro, organ and harpsichord with Evencio Castellanos, and composition with Vicente Emilio Sojo. In 1967, he received the Symphonic Music National Prize for his musical ability. It was in 1975 that he founded El Sistema, formally known as the Foundation for the National Network of Youth and Children Orchestras of Venezuela. This was an innovative youth education method in which music was the primary avenue for social and intellectual improvement. He received the National Music Prize for this work at El Sistema in 1979. Under Abreu's guidance, El Sistema has participated in exchange and cooperation programmes with Spain, Latin American countries and the United States. In 1993, El Sistema was awarded the fa...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=5148058