Peruvian - Musician | January 13, 1973 -
Some people might hate someone who is successful, but in Peru, they love it! It makes them feel they can be successful, too. That's a good state of mind for a country that wants to come out of poverty.
Juan Diego Florez
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In Peru, there is no theatre that produces an annual opera season, and though there is one orchestra in Lima, it's always struggling to survive. We shouldn't have just one orchestra, we should have 15, we should have 50! And you should start to build this from the children.
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With El Sistema, you can create orchestras everywhere; then they can decide whether they want to become professional musicians. The aim is not only to create musicians, but to create people.
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My parents never really wanted me to be a musician at all, because in Peru you don't earn any money that way. But when they realised it was genuinely what I wanted to do, they supported me always.
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I don't push my voice; I try to keep a good technique, a natural way of singing, to sing from the breath, which is the main thing.
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I created a foundation for poor children called Sinfonia por el Peru, where they play in orchestras and choirs, learn values and get away from the bad life, become better citizens in every aspect.
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I now have plans to create a school for singers in Vienna, and I would love to found one in the Middle East, too, if possible.
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I think spontaneous and free reactions are the most natural.
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In my concerts, people love when I sing a Latin encore with guitar.
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I would love to bring the children from my foundation Sinfonia por el Peru to play with some of the best musicians in the world.
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I don't think I am even the best I can be. I like to listen to other singers and learn from them, but I'm always working on myself, trying to improve, trying to be very tough with myself.
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I concentrated on Rossini when I began, and I never really felt any competition. I sang in the best houses, and I believed I was always a first choice. I was lucky in a way - I never felt there was someone else who was getting the roles in another theatre and that we were competing.
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