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Tom Service talks to Pierre-Laurent Aimard about modernist repertoire for the piano, and discusses a polemical new book 'El Sistema: Orchestrating Venezuela's Youth' by academic Geoff Baker, challenging the internationally acclaimed organization of youth orchestras in the South American country - we talk to the author and to El Sistema's Executive Director, Eduardo Mendez. Also, the latest about the difficult financial situation the Ulster Orchestra is facing.
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