World's youngest conductor? Boy, 14, to direct Venezuelan orchestra

José Ángel Salazar, part of the country's successful El Sistema music programme, is not old enough to earn a wageFor a professional conductor, José Ángel Salazar has a fresh-faced, youthful demeanour: he is quite short, with disproportionately large hands for his narrow frame and a face framed by a mass of dark curls. But if Salazar looks boyish then it's because he is in fact a boy. At 14, and recently appointed to direct a Venezuelan youth orchestra, he may well be the youngest conductor i...

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