José Abreu, founder of Venezuelan El Sistema youth orchestras, dies ...
https://www.theguardian.com/.../jose-abreu-founder-venezuelan-el-sistema-youth-orc...
7 hours ago - “With devoted love and eternal gratitude to my mentor and father of El Sistema,” tweeted Gustavo Dudamel,
the Venezuelan conductor and director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic,
alongside a photo of himself with Abreu, who died on Saturday. Abreu was
born on 7 May 1939 in the small Andean city of Valera.