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- Birth nameJosé Antonio Abreu Anselmi
- Jose Antonio Abreu was born on May 7, 1939 in Valera, Trujillo, Venezuela. He died on March 24, 2018 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- He created a network of youth orchestras known as "El Sistema" which has been copied in 60 countries around the world. The government-financed program claims to give 1 million Venezuelan children an education in classical music through a network of hundreds of youth choirs, orchestras, and music centers across the country.
- He studied music in his youth, but put his artistic aspirations on hold to become an economist, teaching at two universities in Caracas.
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