Sunday, August 12, 2018

Monday Morning Smile

The violinist is  Wuilly Arteaga, 24, now famous for playing his violin in the middle of Venezuela’s deadly protests last year against President Nicolás Maduro. Once homeless, Mr. Arteaga taught himself to play the violin by watching videos online and later joined Venezuela’s renowned music education program, El Sistema.  His story and video are at this link https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/opinion/contributors/wuilly-arteaga-fighting-venezuelas-repression-with-my-violin.html">


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