Tricia Tunstall

When 28-year-old Gustavo Dudamel ascended the podium at the Hollywood Bowl for his inaugural concert as conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he immediately captivated the hearts of his audience and the minds of critics. Here, the young maestro's story becomes the entry point to an equally captivating subject: El Sistema, the Venezuelan music education program that took Dudamel from child violinist to conductor extraordinaire. The story of El...

"An eye-opening view of the unprecedented global spread of El Sistema-- intensive music education that disrupts the cycles of poverty, "--Amazon.com.