Back to Explorart Credits To Play & To Fight Tocar Y Luchar DVD AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM: HERE To Play and To Fight presents the captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System - an incredible network of hundreds of orchestras formed within most of Venezuela’s towns and villages. Once a modest program designed to expose rural children to the wonders of music, the system has become one of the most important and beautiful social phenomenons in modern history. To Play and To Fight presents many of the world’s most renowned musicians including the great tenor Placido Domingo, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Guiseppe Sinopoli, and Eduardo Mata, as they reflect on the impact of such a far-reaching social project. The documentary also presents the inspirational stories of world class musicians who have been trained by the Venezuelan system including Berlin’s Philharmonic youngest player Edicson Ruiz and world class conductor Gustavo Dudamel. The documentary was produced by Venezuelan production company Cinema SUR in association with the Venezuelan National Youth Orchestra, the Venezuelan Autonomous National Center for Cinematography, and Explorart Films. It was directed by internationally award winner filmmaker Alberto Arvelo and edited by Explorart’s President Juan Carlos Lopez Duran. The cinematography was provided by famed Polish/Venezuelan director of photography Cezary Jaworski. The documentary is currently being screened privately in Europe and is scheduled to enter the festival circuit in January of 2006. The location of its world premiere will be announced in December.

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