Venezuela’s dynamic music education system is no longer the well-kept secret it once was, and with the appointment of Gustavo Dudamel as the next music director of the LA Philharmonic, the country is being recognized as a virtual factory of orchestral talent. “So far, the Venezuelan music education system has not produced a generation of young composers on par with Mexico’s. Yet it’s indisputable that its musician training program produces top-notch orchestra players.”