there are 176 orchestras for children, 216 for young people, and 400 more ensembles, orchestras, andif it seems they're playing as if their lives depend on it, dr. abreu says, they do. >> 800,000 children have passed through the system in 32 years. >> the majority of them have not, will not become musicians. >> music produces an irreversible transformation in a child. this doesn't mean he'll end up as a professional musician. he may become a doctor or study law or teach literature. what music gives him remains indelibly part of who he is forever. >> take lennar acosta. we first met him in 2000, when he was serving time in a juvenile detention center in caracas. he was 17, had a violent criminal background, and the scars to prove it. when the detention center started an orchestra, lennar tried the clarinet. ed bradley asked him about it. >> tell me what it was like the first time you picked it up to play it. >> it's completely different than when you hold a gun. >> do you think that your life today is different because of the clarinet, because of the orchestra? >> si. mucho. >> yeah.

he now has a busy international career with orchestras and chamber groups. but he makes time to rejoin the west eastern divan every year with a clear idea of what is and is not possible. >> it's a humanitarian project. it's not an orchestra for peace so much as a great company. the fact we play the cycle... we play the cycle of beethoven symphonies that we end with the "ode to joy" and "all men should become brothers" is great. beautiful. it's a great idea, but it would not bring peace. we are not politicians. we cannot do that. we are trying to achieve some kind of small utopia in our little community that can maybe give an example outside, that we can sit together, we can play together, we can do something together and stand each other. >> brown: meanwhile, of course, the upheaval and violence in the mideast continue, and that limits the reach of the orchestra. while it can perform here in the u.s. and in europe, it's nearly impossible now to play in the home countries of its members. barenboims undeterred. >> it is even more relevant. why does the orchest

he now has a busy international career with orchestras and chamber groups. but he makes time to rejoin the west eastern divan every year with a clear idea of what is and is not possible. >> it's a humanitarian project. it's not an orchestra for peace so much as a great company. the fact we play the cycle... we play the cycle of beethoven symphonies that we end with the "ode to joy" and "all men should become brothers" is great. beautiful. it's a great idea, but it would not bring peace. we are not politicians. we cannot do that. we are trying to achieve some kind of small utopia in our little community that can maybe give an example outside, that we can sit together, we can play together, we can do something together and stand each other. >> brown: meanwhile, of course, the upheaval and violence in the mideast continue, and that limits the reach of the orchestra. while it can perform here in the u.s. and in europe, it's nearly impossible now to play in the home countries of its members. barenboim is undeterred. >> it is even more relevant. why does the orche

string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift. msk(music) >> and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time. i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san fran

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string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire.ly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift.

it's the first orchestra created in afghanistan in more than three decades.ts, it's performing on some of the country's biggest stages. >> reporter: milad yousufi grew up in war-torn afghanistan, and although he did not have a piano, he did have an imagination. >> i was drawing a piano on paper and then i was playing it. >> reporter: wait a second. you drew a picture of a piano and pretended to play it? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: because there was no access to a piano. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: no access because the taliban who was in control for five years banned all religious music. >> if they knew you were listening to the music, they probably would kill you because they did not like music. >> reporter: today the taliban is out of power and 18-year-old yousufi is making up for lost time. he's joined afghanistan's first youth orchestra, which thanks to american funding is on tour in the u.s. >> afghan music is three plus four. >> reporter: we met as they practiced with the maryland youth orchestra. >> how is it to play with american students? >> it's won

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he's joined afghanistan's first youth orchestra which, thanks to american funding, is on tour in thehan music is three plus four. >> reporter: we met as they practiced with the maryland youth orchestra. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ how is it to play with american students? >> reporter: the orchestra is the brainchild of achmed sarmast who fled afghanistan during taliban rule. he returned in 2008, the mission of reviving the arts by opening a music school. >> reporter: why is music so important? >> reporter: his students are ages ten to 21; half are orphans or street kids. and in a country where women typically have few opportunities, they make up a third of the music school. >> reporter: on this night, that language resonated throughout washington's famed kennedy center. 48 musicians playing vivaldi and longing for their own season of change-- an afghanistan without war. seth doane, cbs news washington. >> pelley: stay with us. we will have an update on that southern california siege coming up next. ♪ you know my heart burns for you... ♪ i'm up next, but now i'm singing the heartburn blues. hold on, pr

he's joined afghanistan's first youth orchestra which, thanks to american funding, is on tour in thefghan music is three plus four. >> reporter: we met as they practiced with the maryland youth orchestra. ♪ ♪ how is it to play with american students? >> it's wonderful, really. i learn from everyone so i have one hundred teachers perhaps per day. >> reporter: the orchestra is the brain child of achmed sarmast who fled afghanistan during taliban rule. he returned in 2008, the mission of reviving the arts by opening a music school. >> it's impossible to have a cultural life while you do not have access to music. >> reporter: why is music so important? >> the power of music is so important for the healing of people. >> reporter: his students are ages 10 to 21. half are orphans or street kids. and in a country where women typically have few opportunities, they make up a third of the music school. >> we can play your music, you can play our music. and we can speak in a common language of humanity which is the language of music. >> reporter: on in night, that language resonated throughout w

[dissonant orchestra music] (slobin) if we use the word environment to relate to music, we're talkingut two things: a physical environment and a social environment. in the case of highlander people in bosnia singing together, the two are pretty much inseparable. (narrator) in a mountainous region of bosnia herzegovina close to sarajevo, a sheep herding community has developed a unique singing style known as ganga. this genre, which is primarily sung outdoors in groups, closely reflects the conditions and life style of the highlander commity. in bosnian highlander culture, specifically in mt. bjelasnica, people will spend a lot of time outdoors since it's the herding culture. they will spend a lot of time up in the hills all alone looking down into the valley. and if somebody's passing through the valley, they certainly want to be heard. [singing ganga] it is very important to conquer that space with your voice. in terms of finding a genre that will carry the furthest, it's definitely a genre called ganga. and this particular type of singing is characterized by very close harmonies, so

the orchestra performs music by bronx. me, there could be no better and to the date and this. -- day than this. 70 years on, where the thunder of artillery guns performs echoe peoples fought one another another to the death, we now hear music. and i can enjoy the moment in the company of the cal, veteran of the great patriotic war, as the second world war is known in russia, and my own personal hero. [applause]

they are getting paid a salary to be part of that 40-piece orchestra. so he never really went after his dream. he worked a couple of jobs and would go out and play. my mother encouraged me, don't sit around like your dad and not go after your dreams. tavis: you are 13 and your dad dies. how did that -- how did your mom use that to motivate you? >> my mom waited until i was about 17 or 18 to really tell me that she felt had a gift to go after. she tried to keep me grounded. i had a lot of other brothers and sisters that were great musicians. my brother billy was in l.t.d. my brother cleo was an incredible jazz singer. my mother just can grounded. she would chaperon me. i started singing in nightclubs at 13. she always kept me grounded. i got my first big job when i was 15. i went to a nightclub in ays.idence to see the o.j.' they had a drummer who was horrible. he was falling asleep between songs. but that is another discussion. tavis: let's talk about that. how does the drummer fall asleep, jeffrey? >> back then, in jazz, the prevalent drug was heroin.

then i can show other people around the world that afghans are good at playing music. ♪ >> the orchestra'sr schedule also includes performances in boston as well as at the kennedy center in washington, d.c. >>> and that's going to wrap up our bulletin. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> emerging economic powers still struggling with poverty. embolden citizens still demanding democracy. the threat of violence. the push for peace. the shadow of conflict. get news and insight on south and southeast asia every week day live from bangkok only on nhk world "news liline." >> oscar pistorius, the olympic athlete is charged with murder after his girlfriend died in his home. investigators say the 30-year-old was found dead early thursday after being shot in the head and arm. police arrested a 26-year-old man. they did not identify the suspect. reuters say pistorius had been dating the model. it's suggested the athlete mistook his girlfriend for a burglar but eyewitness news in south africa quote police saying they are investigating allegations of a domestic disturbance. pistorius is expected to