Incredible high school musicians from Venezuela! | Gustavo Dudamel 

Speaking as a professional symphonic player in the US.... I challenge ANY!!!! professional orchestra to play this with the precision and passion of this high school orchestra!! Wow! wow! I cried and laughed and danced along:) I've loved Dudamel since these beginning days and hearing these young folks play gives me so much hope in the human race... we can all achieve to be this amazing in whatever field we choose. Bring love and passion to everything you do!

No high school band had such musicianship. This sounds like a film score. Bravo

Look at the passion from His 1st violin. She's killing it.

This is one of the greatest performance ever. You can feel it in your guts and vertebrae. I've been returning to this Arturo Marquez performance since this video was posted, many many years ago. Never fails to make me cry. Art in its most lovely and humane form. ¡Viva la musica!

One of my orchestra teachers once showed me the documentary about this group. They come from a program called "El Sistema". These musicians all come from underprivileged background and were practicing with essentially plastic due to low budget. It is so amazing to see the passion and drive for music can bring these kids together and reach for their dreams. Music really is a universal language.

when listening to the intro one can only have one conclusion: these kids mean serious business. awesome.

The passion with which that Shostakovich is played is beyond belief. Best ever.

I'd go through high school all over again as a 30 year old, just to play in this band.

Venezuela y toda Latino América, nos sentimos orgullosos de Gustavo Dudamel, el mejor Director de Orquesta del mundo. VIVA VENEZUELA!

I simply cannot watch Gustavo Dudamel conduct high school kids and not cry out of pure joy. He's so inspiring and talented (and so are the kids).

Gustavo is the greatest. He is doing so much for music and his orchestra and the youth orchestra are like a breath of fresh air on the music scene.

THE MOVEMENT IN THE VIOLINS I LOVE IT

omfg - if either of these performances don't pull some emotions out of you, you'd have to be dead. incredible! just freaking incredible!

Sounds like a movie score... incredible these highschool musicians played it so well!

Goosebumps....the passion and energy is amazing. The standard of the performance is incredible! This is how the world should be...opportunities available to ALL children. God Bless Senor Abreu, who is indeed an angel.

Okay so I'm late into the game after watching Mozart in the Jungle on Amazon Prime where ( Rodrigo character) played by Gail Garcia Bernal conducted the L.A. Phil with Gustavo Dudamel, and mind you I know nothing about the symphony but after listening to Gustavo OMG...I hope when COVID-19 is finally done with the United States this young talented Brillant conductor makes a visit to The Houston symphony. It would be a great joy to this young, high octane, pump fisting Brilliant Conductor! I had to go back and see this video for the 2nd time, all those young people, I can see the love and passion they have for music, their instrument, and their Conductor....WOW...........his 1st chair

What's important about this video is that it shows the world of classical music is still growing and reaching further and further corners of the world. I could not help but cry when I watched this because of the hope and future for the world of music! This is so inspiring, thank you TED.

Pure beauty! Viva Venezuela carajo!!!

No matter how many times I hear Maestro Dudamel and this magnificent orchestra of young people from Venezuela it’s never enough! They put many other professional orchestras to shame with their precision, intonation and ability to follow their conductor. But in the USA time and financial budgets are being cut for public schools and students are turned out to the world without an experience with the arts and especially music. Kudos to Teacher Abreu, these talented children, their parents and all those who poured their support, blood, sweat and tears into making their Venezuelan “System” so successful.

This very young orchestra is full of joy and life.

He might very well turn out as our generation's Kleiber, as he brings so much heart to the orchestra. You feel as though a higher force is operating via his physique. Nobody's got that sort of feeling towards music nowadays. Bravo!

Cuando miro esta interpretación me siento, orgullosa de ser latinoaméricana

The liveliest and most joyful interpretation of this masterpiece ... only if you teach, you can fully understand when your pupils thank you with their eyes, as these boys and girls do with Dudamel in this execution !!! And when in the final part, they stand on their feet, you would ardently be there, to play with them !!!

11:50 is the most beautiful thing I heard in life

Admirable este director venezolano!!! y dirige sin partitura. ¡¡¡Fabuloso!!!

Most of Venezuelans have music as their main talent, it is something that flows in our blood 🇻🇪 💛💛💛💙💙💙❤️❤️❤️

Viva Venezuela!!! Orgullo Latinoamericano!!!

Veo esto y se me aguan mis ojitos, Dios te bendiga sistema de orquestas de Venezuela, gracias a Dios tenemos la oportunidad de formar parte de esto, gracias a Dios por todos esos profesores que hacen un gran esfuerzo por enseñarnos música, amo mi país y amo nuestra gente! Arriba mi Venezuela!

ugh, this is absolutely no joke!! so beautiful

This is spectacular playing and conducting. Those kids are true musicians and so talented!

i was jaw dropped the ENTIRE TIME. OMG i can't believe this is High school

So proud of been Venezuelan, tan orgullosa de mi Venezuela. Gustavo is truly a talented musician.

2019 here...mother of God...cant find a superlative to describe how good these teenagers are...let me try...amazing, spectacular, sublime, perfection

I love how the goofiest looking people are the most brilliant! This brought me to tears. High school kids nonetheless! Wow.

Come si fa a non amarlo? Gustavo Dudamel si presenta con la sua semplicità , immediatezza e grande preparazione musicale con i giovanissimi della Teresa Carreno ed esplode nei suoi miracoli con la protezione dell'indimenticabile Maestro Abreu!!!!

No existe ninguna posibilidad de hablar de cultura sin tener en cuenta la enorme calidad musical de esta joven orquesta, increíbles instrumentistas, todos dirigidos por el reconocido mundialmente don Gustavo Dudamel. Viva Venezuela, Un admirado saludo desde Asturias ( España)

Felicitaciones Gustavo y tu orquesta, un trabajo fantastico, maravilloso, y la musica muy linda, te desea un Guatemalteco, residente en Canada, abrazos.

Brilliant. And to those 123 dislikers - you've probably got your ears on back-to front or inside out. This is unbelieveable.

Miraculous! I sat stunned and amazed witnessing the level of technical precision and virtuosity of these insanely gifted young musicians, the passion they bring to the music is to die for. I sat in tears of joy and wonder watching this concert, Dudamel is a treasure to his profession. Utterly inspirational, a video I will return to time and again.

This is the Venezuela I remember from my childhood. The greatest country in the world 🇻🇪❤👍

Damnnnnnn these kids are GREAT !

Suddenly, I feel the need to practice.

Thanks for make me feel so proud to be Venezuelan! You're a genius! We love you Gustavo! y Que viva El Sistema Nacional de Orquestas!

Passion is a wonderful element to our humanity.

MAGNÍFICO !!! O Projeto El Sistema da Venezuela tem que ser imitado em todo o mundo...incrível ver essa molecada tocando com " gente grande" !!!!

Bravo!! Venezuela 👏🏼👏🏼 felicitaciones a ustedes 🥰👏🏼

Que hermosura, se me saltan las lágrimas de la emoción. Como venezolano humilde veterano estudiante de piano. Gracias Gustavo Dudammel, Orquesta. Gracias MÚSICA. Que orgulloso de que seas Venezolano!!!! Bravo Maestro!!!!👏 👏 👏 👏

I teared up a little. This is the BEST I've ever seen. Especially when the girl around 11 minutes has her solo. It's beautiful.

Simplemente ejemplar.... Grandioso trabajo Gutavo Dudamel, Venezuela debe sentirse extremadamente orgullosa de ti y de sus estudiantes de Musica. Seguro que estan dentro de las mejores Orchestas de estudiantes del mundo. Grandes congratulaciones de un Chileno...!!!!

One word AMAZING !!!

¡¡¡¡¡ QUE ORGULLO PARA NUESTRA AMÉRICA LATINA ENTERA!!!! BRAVO MAESTRO ABREU...GENIAL MAESTRO DUDAMEL.!!!!!

Es verdaderamente la mejor y por lejos !!..orquesta de jovenes que he escuchado y visto en mi vida suena REALMENTE EXPECTAAACULAAAR.!!!.desde Rosario.. Argentina . felicito a todos sus integrantes..este modelo de orquestas juveniles tendrian que imitarse no solo en America Latina sino tambien en el mundo entero..

I'm so in love with music, I can't stand it. It makes me, as a high school horn player, really happy to see that young musicians care that much about music and strive very hard to be that good. Bravo!

Mais uma vez meu respeito e admiração pelos trabalhos que estão há anos sendo realizados na Venezuela. Acredito que os que vieram estabelecer-se aqui, é porque aqui... é aqui... O luxo que vem das pessoas carentes, na minha concepção são mais valorosos... Só paises que realmente amam seu povo, conseguem ascender sua população mais carente. Parabéns!!! Parabéns!!!

You can see it on every one of those brilliant children's face and body: they love what they do. And they should. They are truly amazing.

Wow, the storm of sheer joy and energy coming from this youth orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel made me overflow with joy and glee, literally! It makes me happy to know that classical music is doing so well everywhere in the world! I am sitting here with tears of excitement and exuberance in my eyes, and my heart jumping with exuberance also, which it caught from the waves flowing through the screen to me. Imagine really being there! Now I want to fly to Caracas to hear these kids play in person! That would be so worth doing, it's now on my list! Thanks for sharing.... one of the best things one can find on youTube!

Woow just woow. That danzòn no.2, just incredible!

IMPRESSIONANTE... FORMIDABILE... ASSOLUTO!

oh myy goooshh that absolotley highest class oh my god ehat a beauty

Los turbulentos giros de sus rizos, dicen todo,grande Dudamel! Como su misma patria.

RESPECT FOR THIS PERFORMANCE!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Breathtaking! Humanity at its best.

This is the kind of energy, excitement and passion we need to bring to our symphony....to Orchestra Hall.....

Thank you Dudamel, for guiding and paving opportunities for these incredibly talented yet underprivileged youths. The amount of passion that drips from their eyes is just.. immense ❤️

just to watch Gustavo is entertainment enough never mind the brillian musicians!!!!

Que orgullo

If I did not know these were high school students, I would've thought they were professionals!

믿기 힘든 공연이네요. 이게 유스오케스트라 에서 나올수 있는 퍼포먼스 인가요 ;;; 제 생애 가장 감동적인 공연중 하나로 기억될거 같습니다

wow! I've never seen orchestral musicians get sooo into it. You can really hear it come out in their music

Artistry, talent, skill, and passion in the most mind-boggling sensory presentation imaginable! Bravo!

dudamel is such a genius conductor and brings the genius out in these kids. nobody can make an orchestra sound like dudamel. a thousand hours of technical accuracy and practice cannot make you understand how to put your soul in your music. life teaches you that. it is just as important if not more important than technique, music theory, muscle memory, scale practice, and so on. in a single word: emotion. the same pieces from many other conductors do not illuminate the heart in the same way; rather, they have a certain flat quality to them. these performances always remind me what being a musician means. to master your craft is to listen with every atom in your being. to become the music. you don’t learn this without blood sweat and tears.... which only end up making you better in the end. as a musician, music drips from your pores, vibrates in your words, subtly emanates from your every action in the world--especially your silence. so much of music is about silence. organized silence. to listen to the wrong song at the wrong time doesn’t work. even if you love the song. silence is so important.you also learn early on that few people notice for a long time. but those who get your style really get it. you are able to give them something. you just do it because you have no other choice. it is who you are.

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!

This was absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!..OMW!!!..So electrifying!!!..The energy from the conductor and the passion of those musicians!!!..Absolutely incredible!!!!...LOVED IT!!!

These are professionals trapped in kids bodies!!

The best of the best "Gustavo Dudamel" BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Marvelous orchestra!!one of the best in the whole world,bravo Caracas!!Music saves!

Listen to those dynamic changes. Unreal!!!

Amazing how doing something with passion can take things to a whole other level!!!!

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL dirige l’orchestre Teresa jeune orchestre .. Du VENEZUELA .. MAGNIFIQUE .. ! 🇻🇪♥️🙏 VIVA. VENEZUELA. ! VIVA …MAYAS .. !! 🙏🌞 🇻🇪🇮🇳

Son maravillosos. Tan jóvenes y ya son unos verdaderos profesionales. Gustavo es fantástico. Felicidades.

Honestly really incredible the fact that they sound like a professional symphony orchestra regarding that most of them are in a difficult financial situation

Totalmente hermoso, sin palabras que puedan describir la sensación que experimente en esos 17 min, una presentación muy emocionante, y ni hablar de la interpretación del el Danzón #2, te transmite hasta una energía WOW, tremendo de verdad, mis mayores respetos para estos chicos, que a lo mejor ya seran adultos ya jajaja porque fue una presentación de hace 8 años.

The silence between the last note and the applause after Shosti 10 is absolutely deafening... almost insulting. These kids ripped this piece a new one. I'm hoping it was utter amazement that prevented the audience from immediately erupting. Bravo on a fantastic performance!

Love the passionate choreography!!! This is why I personally decided to become a musician!!!

Yesssssss finally MUSIC!!!! THIS WAS AMAZING WOOOOW!!! btw im studying at a very famous music academy and i can tell you-we have NEVER,i mean NEVER sounded like this,this was fucking amazing

Que maravilha de música e orquestra! Dudamel, fantástico!

Gustavo should record Shostakovich's Symphony No.10 with the amazing "Teresa Carreno Youth Orchestra" so that fans like me could rush to the store to buy copies. This is by far the best rendition of this magnificent movement I have ever heard including Mravinsky's monumental interpretation. God bless you Gustavo and God bless the musicians in the "Teresa Carreno Youth Orchestra" of Venezuela. Bravo!

Estos músicos son espectaculares porque desde pequeños ya pertenecen a una orquesta. Existen 443 núcleos de formación de músicos en todo el territorio de Venezuela y en todos hay una orquesta y coros. El Programa se lama EL SISTEMA y su fundador fue el Maestro José Antonio Abreu en el año 1975 como instrumento social y humanístico a través de la música.

Mis palabras son pobres ante la magnifica interpretacion de jovenes tan dedicados a la musica con un director de primerisima calidad tanto musical como de dedicacion a lo bello que hay en este mundo. Gracias por compartir lo bello que hay en el mundo musical.

Hermoso, que Dios bendiga mi hermosa Venezuela y cada miembro de la orquesta Simón Bolivar

Magnificent! Bravo!!!!

Maestro Dudamel conducts from his mind and heart...he does not rely on script or notation..he comes to his platform prepared, and leads. He reminds me of Leonard Bernstein, always prepared. This young man has skills!!!

El Sistema Nacional de Orquestas y Coros Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela es una obra social y cultural del Estado venezolano. También conocido como El Sistema, fue concebido y fundado en 1975 por el maestro y músico venezolano José Antonio Abreu para sistematizar la instrucción y la práctica colectiva e individual de la música a través de orquestas sinfónicas y coros, como instrumentos de organización social y de desarrollo humanístico... (...) 1975, O sea, antes de Chavez. Dejen de decir que es gracias al gobierno bolivariano, blablabla. Si les siguen dando dinero, y lo han hecho aún más grande, es porque es su deber, pero no fue iniciativa de este gobierno ni de chavez. Si hay que agradecer a alguien, es al Maestro Abreu. Gracias, Maestro!

Wow! I'm Venezuelan and I play viola, but I'm not even scratching the surface compared to these kids! Loved it!

Al escuchar esto crece mi esperanza en la. Venezuela volivariana

In awe and humility, here. WOW ! This is TOTALLY remarkable. How glorious !! BIG THUMBS UP !!

Look at the guys playing Hobo, 10:20. That is the proof of our South American temperament and passion from way down below our hearts. These guys translate it perfectly

The magic starts at 06:55 . . . Love it

Wow…superb playing ..A credit to all…As good as any of the professional orchestras

I love seeing them all use their bodies as expression too. This video is true talent.