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Gabriela Montero

FROM WIKIPEDIA: Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Gabriela gave her first public performance at the age of five. Aged eight she made her concerto debut with the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra conducted by José Antonio Abreu and was granted a scholarship from the Venezuelan government to study in the USA. At twelve she won the Baldwin National Competition and AMSA Young Artist International Piano Competition, performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

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Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela

The Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra) is a Venezuelan youth orchestra. The economist José Antonio Abreu established the orchestra on 12 February 1975. The orchestra is under the auspices of Fundacion del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de las Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela, known colloquially as El Sistema. The orchestra is based at the Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex in Caracas and is considered the apex of the nation's system of 220 youth orchestras.

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Gustavo Dudamel

Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez (born January 26, 1981) is a Venezuelan conductor. Born in Barquisimeto Venezuela, he is presently the principal conductor of Sweden's Gothenburg Symphony as well as the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar. In September 2009 he will become the new Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has been described by the New York Times as "one of the hottest — and youngest — conducting properties around.

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Echoes

Several bands are named Echoes.
More about artists with the same name (7) A Progressive rock band, formed in late 2004 in Caracas, Venezuela, with the idea of making music without any kind of limits. Formed by three guitars, bass, keyboards and drums, adding a “cuatro” (typical venezuelan instrument) once in a while, you get to see a not so common line-up inside the standards of the genre.
Shortly after the inception of the band, in may 2005, they won the prestigious “Festival Alma Mater Rock” in Caracas, being the first instrumental band in getting that award.

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Fur Coat

Fur Coat is the brainchild of Sergio Muñoz (Delete) and Israel Sunshine, two producers from Venezuela who since turning the head of Crosstown Rebels boss Damian Lazarus are breaking through on the global house scene with their fresh and groovy funk infused sound. A combination of live vocals, cosmic tripping and a huge remix by Totally Extinct Enormous Dinosaurs for their first single ‘Space Balla...d feat. Argenis Brito’ made the duo one to watch and the debut album in production is already whipping up excitement in the Rebels camp. Get ready to watch the Fur Coat story unfold.

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Garnica

Garnica was born in Merida-Venezuela back in 1981. He started to play drums with alternative rock bands while in high school, but it is in 1998 when he formed a band called Submarino. They won the most important festival in Venezuela in 2000, recorded an album and toured during three years. By the meantime, Garnica was working with audio softwares for the electronic sequences in the band. In 2002 he produces ‘De La Oscuridad Al Color EP’, an experimental techno work released in mp3 and spread by the web.

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Desorden Público

Desorden público (could also be spelled Desorden Publico) is a ska/rock band from Venezuela. The band's music mixes ska, latin rock, reggae and other more traditional latin styles. The group's lyrics are known for commenting on Venezuela's and Latin America's politics and society.

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Dischord

There are at least four bands named Dischord: 1. A Thrash Metal band formed in 2005 from Moncton, New-Brunswick, Canada. Having already released a demo and an EP. 2. Dischord is a Deathcore/Death Metal band from Tbilisi, Georgia, formed in 2010. Its music consists of some heavy deathcore with slamming, brutal and technical death metal influences. Lyrical themes of the band are politics, revolution, future, destruction etc.
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