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Can classical music change lives? In this book, the American novelist Candace Allen argues that it can and does. Her investigation takes her to Venezuela, where the SistemaA" scheme has offered thousands of young people a route out of the ghetto mentality through virtuoso musical training, bringing global fame to the charismatic conductor Gustavo Dudamel; to the Middle East, and Daniel Barenboim's East-West Divan Orchestra in which young Israelis and Palestians play side by side; and to Soweto and a pioneering opera project. But this is also a personal journey in which Allen describes what classical music meant to her as a black girl growing up in segregated America.
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About the Author:
Candace Allen is a novelist and was the first African-American female member of the Directors Guild of America. Diversity and music are an integral part of her life, from Miles Davis friendship with her family, her later immersion in the world of classical music, to her political activism in the 60s and the Obama election campaign. She lives in Islington, London.
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- PublisherGibson Square Books Ltd
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1908096403
- ISBN 13 9781908096401
- BindingHardcover
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