Premiere of documentary on Gustavos life held

Dozens of children from the poor outskirts of Caracas were treated to a special first hand screening of a documentary about the life of Venezuelan wunderkind Gustavo Dudamel.The low-income neighborhood of La Vega was the chosen location for the premiere of Dudamel: Let the Children Play directed by Venezuelan filmmaker Alberto Arvelo.The movie tells the story of the 30-year-old conductor, the most famous product of Venezuelas much-lauded network of music schools known as El Sistema”, or “the system.”Dudamel is the current music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and with talent, charisma and trademark curly locks, he has taken the rarefied world of classical music by storm, drawing comparisons with legends like Leonard Bernstein.