The tenor founded Sinfonía por el Perú in 2011, an initiative that until today has developed 13 musical training centers in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country, with thousands of children. Now it will have Telefónica's support to bring this experience to millions of kids around the world. How? With digital media. Through the internet, a child from the Peruvian jungle will be able to attend a piano lesson given by the best professor in London, record his lessons and be revised by the teacher himself, for example.
Sinfonía digital
By Renato Velásquez (March 23, 2016)
"This violin has the power to substitute a firearm, a package of drugs. It has the power to build better students, bring families together and give these kids self-esteem," says Juan Diego Flórez from the podium, holding the string instrument. At his side, around 20 infants and teenagers, rescued from a situation of vulnerability, use their instruments and start playing a catching mambo that puts the entire auditorium on its feet.
This violin has the power to substitute a firearm, a package of drugs. It has the power to build better students, bring families together and give these kids self-esteem.
