Colombia's new classical festival

Dudamel's London concerts might be this month's hottest tickets, but there's more to music-making in Latin America than El Sistema. Erica Jeal reports from Colombia and its new classical festivalIt's the Sunday morning of a Colombian holiday weekend, and on Cartagena's Bocagrande beach barely a patch of sand is visible. Behind the beach is the Hotel Caribe, its pool crammed with splashing children. Step inside out of the sun, and as you walk down the corridor an air of intense concentration desc...

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