He became the conductor of Venezuela's junior orchestras, and today conducts the world's greatest orchestras.

This non exhaustive list of symphony orchestras contains orchestras with entries in the Wikipedia.

Where are our symphonies, our operas?

Kibbutzim typically offer theatre companies, choirs, orchestras, athletic leagues, and special interest classes.

His father was a violinist performing for opera and zarzuela orchestra.

And I have to say, many of them now in the professional orchestras throughout the world.

The only deviation from orchestras were electronic sounds for the opening and closing narrations.

We hope to have, our Maestro, to have orchestras in all the countries in all Americas.

In the personal social circle, the children in the orchestras and choirs develop their intellectual and emotional side.

Modern ensembles The modern symphony orchestra typically calls for two bassoons, often with a third playing the contrabassoon.

People in my orchestra came up to me and said, Ben, what happened? That's what happened.

He mentioned four great world orchestras, and the fifth one was Venezuela's Youth Symphony Orchestra.

The most distinctive features of Croatian folklore include klapa ensembles of Dalmatia, tamburitza orchestras of Slavonia.

Mary Aviles followed the stories of two orchestras, describing how poverty led to music and growth

He is the musical director of Los Angeles Philharmonic, and is still the overall leader of Venezuela's junior orchestras.

Finally, in the circle of the community, the orchestras prove to be the creative spaces of culture and sources of exchange and new meanings.

Dramatic soprano A dramatic soprano (or soprano robusto ) has a powerful, rich, emotive voice that can sing over a full orchestra.

The idea is that the families join with pride and joy in the activities of the orchestras and the choirs that their children belong to.

The members of the Vienna Philharmonic, which is regularly considered one of the finest orchestras in the world, are chosen from the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera.

Arturo Toscanini conducted the vast forces of combined orchestras and choirs composed of musicians from throughout Italy at Verdi's funeral service in Milan.

I decided to face the challenge, and on that same night, I promised those 11 children I'd turn our orchestra into one of the leading orchestras in the world.

Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP) (São Paulo State Symphony) is a symphony orchestra based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Williams added small nods to classic monster movie scores by having orchestras doing a grand gesture in scenes overlooking Tripods.

Artists influenced by Zappa A number of notable musicians, bands and orchestras from diverse genres have been influenced by Frank Zappa's music.

Hambitzer taught Gershwin conventional piano technique introduced him to music of the European classical tradition, and encouraged him to attend orchestral concerts.

Bohuslav Martinů wrote both a concerto and a sonata for the instrument, and Elliott Carter's Double Concerto is scored for harpsichord, piano and two chamber orchestras.

When the elder Strauss died from scarlet fever in Vienna in 1849, the younger Strauss merged both their orchestras and engaged in further tours.

In addition, the Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, which was formed in 1966, pays tribute to the touring orchestras which once made the Strauss family so famous.

In Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends , the group's style was moving towards art rock, being influenced by the bands Blur, Arcade Fire and My Bloody Valentine.

He started playing piano at age six, learning from his father, Joe Baldwin, a pianist and arranger for big bands in the 1940s and 1950s, notably with the Ambrose Orchestra.

There was a larger market for jazzy dance music played by white orchestras, such as Jean Goldkette's orchestra and Paul Whiteman's orchestra.

Entertainment, Ed Sullivan Show, and VIPs The World Festival of Art and Entertainment at Expo 67 featured art galleries, opera, ballet and theatre companies, orchestras, jazz groups, famous Canadian pop musicians and other cultural attractions.

His second symphony and his cello concerto did not gain immediate public popularity and took many years to achieve a regular place in the concert repertory of British orchestras.

Two months ago, I remembered that promise I made, when a distinguished English critic published an article in the London Times, asking who could be the winner of the Orchestra World Cup.

And I remember at the beginning of my career, again and again, on these dismal outings with orchestras, I would be going completely insane on the podium, trying to engender a small scale crescendo really, just a little upsurge in volume.

A synthesizer was used for the first time on a U2 album, with a Fairlight CMI used to work up a number of songs, the textures of which were later filled out with strings and other orchestration.

The city is also home to many orchestras and concert halls, such as the Barbican Arts Centre (principal base of the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Chorus), Cadogan Hall (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) and the Royal Albert Hall (The Proms).

And rather than go into statistics and trends, and tell you about all the orchestras that are closing, and the record companies that are folding, I thought we should do an experiment tonight an experiment.

And we started by making instruments for some of the world's greatest performers we call these hyperinstruments for Yo Yo Ma, Peter Gabriel, Prince, orchestras, rock bands. Instruments where they're all kinds of sensors built right into the instrument, so the instrument knows how it's being played.

In an interview for MTV in February 2007, bassist Joey DeMaio lamented that these days, there's a real lack of big, epic metal that is drenched with crushing guitars and choirs and orchestras... so it's nice to be one of the few bands that's actually doing that.

Of these works, the two former ones are written on a scale which would make their performances exceedingly difficult ( Fierabras , for instance, contains over 1,000 pages of manuscript score), but Die Verschworenen is a bright attractive comedy, and Rosamunde contains some of the most charming music that Schubert ever composed.

Jose Antonio Abreu is the charismatic founder of a youth orchestra system that has transformed thousands of kids' lives in Venezuela. Here he shares his amazing story and unveils a TED Prize wish that could have a big impact in the US and beyond.

Jose Antonio Abreu My dear friends, ladies and gentlemen, I am overjoyed today at being awarded the TED Prize on behalf of all the distinguished music teachers, artists and educators from Venezuela who have selflessly and loyally accompanied me for 35 years in founding, growing and developing in Venezuela the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras and Choirs.

Band name and logo The group's name is an intended pun based not only on electric light (as in a light bulb as seen on early album covers) but also using electric rock instruments combined with a light orchestra (orchestras with only a few cellos and violins that were popular in Britain during the 1960s).

Whatever happens, if we had a culture of change, if new faces and young people had the opportunity to replace the old ones, I believe that we would soon have a country with a new beat, instead of the same old dirge of once a minister, always a minister even after death, always a minister.