Venezuela musicians find place in Peru

The young men hunched over their violins, a piano and a traditional cuatro guitar in a quiet Peruvian suburb never imagined their hard-won musical training might be the secret to surviving so far from home. Brought up under Venezuela's famed El Sistema classical musical education program, they dreamed of scholarships at conservatories, or being poached by international orchestras -- like their colleague Gustavo Dudamel, the kinetic and charismatic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. . More...