Julian Lloyd Webber jams in Venezuela as youth orchestras launch in UK

English version of El Sistema chalks up early successes but organisers fear spending cutsIt was all rather stiff and formal, another group of dignitaries calling in on the music classes, until it occurred to someone to give the English visitor a cello.The students had no idea who he was but shifted to make room, smiling politely as he took a seat. "OK, uno, dos, tres," barked the teacher, and the class resumed Waltz of the Flowers, part of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite.In a twinkling the Venezu...

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