An attempt to profile the main facts about the program.
Achievements:
- Founder: Dr. Jose Antonio Abreu
- Founded: 1975 in Caracas, Venezuela
- Official program name: Fundamusical Simon Bolivar
- Mission: capacitar, prevenir y recuperar a los grupos más vulnerables del país a través de la práctica colectiva de la música (To train, protect and empower the most underprivileged in the country through the collective practice of playing music)
- Budget: $91 million
- Funded by: 80% government, 20% private
- Number of children served currently: around 468,000
- Number of children served in program's history: over a million
- Number of nucleos (music centres): around 300
- Activities: Children's and youth musical ensembles (mostly orchestras and choirs)
Achievements:
- Countless students receiving a free music education and communities served with free cultural events
- Many international awards and recognition for founder Dr. Abreu including the TEDPrize which started the Fellowship
- Alumni Gustavo Dudamel is Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Alumni Edicson Ruiz became the youngest ever player in the Berlin Philharmonic at 17
- The National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela (Simon Bolivar Orchestra)
- International tours to high acclaim including the famous 2007 Proms performance
- International recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and others
- Residency at the 2013 Salzburg Festival
- Inspiration for a fast growing movement of around 200 social action through music programs in 60 countries
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