José Antonio Abreu is the charismatic founder of a youth orchestra system that has transformed thousands of kids' lives in Venezuela. He shares his amazing story and unveils a TED Prize wish that could have a big impact in the US and beyond.

The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra is the national high-school-age youth orchestra of El Sistema, made up of the best young musicians from throughout Venezuela. Gustavo Dudamel, himself a product of El Sistema, is the new musical director of the LA Philharmonic.

José Antonio Abreu founded El Sistema in 1975 to help Venezuelan kids learn to play musical instruments and be part of an orchestra. The TED Prize winner's bold idea has seeded hundreds of youth orchestras -- and many happy lives.

The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra contains the best high school musicians from Venezuela's life-changing music program, El Sistema. Led here by Gustavo Dudamel, they play Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, 2nd movement, and Arturo Márquez' Danzón No. 2.

Charles Leadbeater went looking for radical new forms of education -- and found them in the slums of Rio and Kibera, where some of the world's poorest kids are finding transformative new ways to learn. And this informal, disruptive new kind of school, he says, is what all schools need to become.

I wish you would help create and document a special training program for 50 gifted young musicians, passionate for both their art and for social justice, and dedicated to developing El Sistema in the US and other countries.

Education legend Sir Ken Robinson picked the talks he loves — all full of insight, bright ideas and, of course, creativity.

These extraordinary maestros bring you into the world of writing and conducting music.

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From the TED Prize blog: On Oct. 3, Gustavo Dudamel, protege of TED Prize winner Maestro José Abreu and new Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will kick off his inaugural season with a concert at the Hollywood Bowl. While the event is sold out, you can watch a live HD webcast of the almost 5-hour-long event, which features Dudamel ...

The Abreu Fellows are in the running for a $250K grant from Pepsi. You can vote for them once a day ... all month. The Abreu Fellows program is a project of Jose Abreu's 2009 TED Prize wish -- to teach children around the world to play music using El Sistema ("the system"), a proven and self-sustaining model that teaches kids life skills alon...