he was affectionately known as "maestro abreu".abreu has died at age 78. his scheme, known as el sistema, provided free music educatiosn in venezuela's shanty towns. —— education. three days of national mourning have been declared in the country. tiffany sweeney reports. fighting poverty through music — that was the idea behind jose abreu's revolutionary music project, bringing mozart, beethoven, tchaikovsky to the poorest areas of venezuela to make a young generation appreciate them, and escape a life of poverty and crime. el sistema spread across the world and was used by thousands of students, many from disadvantaged backgrounds. it was heavily promoted by the socialist government of former venezuelan leader hugo chavez, becoming one of the country's best—funded social programmes. but maestro abreu told the bbc in 2009 that he was less interested in politics than in helping young people. i think it's important because it will spread the ideas which constitute a fundamental project — solidarity, social actions through music, and

translation: we are deeply moved by the passing of maestro abreu.cs and culture, as expressed through the orchestral system. to the simon bolivar orchestra, i pass on my condolences. his students included the musical director of the simon bolivar orchestra, a renowned venezuelan conductor. he expressed his sadness to his beloved maestro. he was an economist, politician and activist, but it was an educator through music that maestro abreu pulled thousands of venezuelan children from crime and poverty. his legacy lives on. how often have you gone out for a meal and found the children's menu containsjust three items — chicken nuggets, spag bol and fish and chips? our next guest is a former advertising executive who is putting brand thinking and creativity into solving one of the problems of our times. he is a man on a mission to improve the quality of children's menus. jonathan pangu is declaring death to nuggets, and hejoins me now from melbourne. first off, what is set you on this mission to transform kids' menus?” think it is really exactly as you s

translation: we are deeply moved by the passing of maestro abreu.rals, ethics and culture, as expressed through the orchestral system. to the simon bolivar 0rchestra, i pass on my condolences. his students included gustavo dudamel, the musical director of the simon bolivar 0rchestra, a renowned venezuelan conductor. he expressed his sadness to his beloved maestro. he was an economist, politician and activist, but it was as an educator through music that maestro abreu pulled thousands of venezuelan children from crime and poverty. his legacy lives on. tiffany sweeney, bbc news. fake news has become the buzz word of our age, and, coupled with ever—increasing competition for readers and viewers, the online giants have occasionally struggled to keep up with the attempts to mislead the public. google has now launched a global initiative which it hopes will redress the balance and our media editor amol rajan has been to its campus in california's silicon valley to find out more. for the past decade, the news business has had a fractious relationship with

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tributes have been paid tojose abreu, the mastermind behind venezuela's el sistema youth orchestras,975. it aimed to combat poverty by providing free musical education to children in venezuela's poor neighbourhoods. the network expanded to 300 choirs and orchestras, receiving numerous international awards and inspiring similar schemes around the world. awards and inspiring similar venezuela has announced three days of national mourning for "maestro abreu", who died on saturday aged 78. in a moment we'll have special report from google in silicon valley. special report from google but first, with all the sport, here's lizzi greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. here's lizzi greenwood—hughes good evening. britain's lewis hamilton had to settle for second place in formula one's season opening australian grand prix. one's season opening he was beaten by sebastien vettel after a timing miscalculation allowed the german driver to overtake him. nick parrot reports. driver to overtake him. for the fifth year in a row, lewis hamilton started from pole in melbourne, but he has only won twi

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