Meet the ‘Orchestra of the Street’ Bringing Classical Music to Rio’s Favelas
SURFACING In a city known for samba, “nobody expects a black, poor woman to play the violin.” Image Lucas Freitas Nascimento, front, and members of Orquestra de Rua regularly perform around Rio de Janeiro.CreditWalter Thompson-Hernández/The New York Times Morro da Providência is one of Rio de Janeiro’s oldest favelas. For Gláucia da Silva, a young…
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