Argentina-Venezuelan Migrant Musicians

Venezuelan migrant musicians strike a chord in Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires, Argentina - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of migrant musicians playing Mozart in park, entertaining pedestrians
2. Various of migrant musicians performing in metro station, passers-by taking photos
3. Various of migrant musicians walking, meeting up in park
4. Migrant musician Israel Portillo Sarmiento exiting metro
5. Migrant musicians walking
6. Sarmiento playing viola
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Israel Portillo Sarmiento, Migrant musician (starting with shot 6):
"It's unfortunate. All my family has left. Various cousins are in Mexico, Peru, Colombia. It's part of the reality in which we are living."
8. Various of migrant musicians performing in park, entertaining pedestrians
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Passer-by (name not given):
"We have lost many values. But hearing the music can help us recover some of the things we have lost."
10. Migrant musicians performing, pedestrians applauding


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A group of talented migrant musicians from Venezuela are sounding a sweet note in Argentina as South America sees the biggest migration crisis in its history with millions fleeing Venezuela.

The musicians deliver impromptu concerts at public venues around Buenos Aires, pleasing many pedestrians or commuters. What few of the passers-by perhaps realize is that these maestros are recent migrants from Venezuela, schooled in their country’s famous program which develops classical musicians from all backgrounds.

Now, they’re seeking a better life thousands of kilometers from home.

They often perform in the city metro, where they don’t just play Mozart, but also engage in a cat-and-mouse game with the authorities who tell them to move on.

Israel Portillo Sarmiento traveled the 8,000 kilometers from Maracaibo in Venezuela to the Argentine capital carrying just one bag and his trusty viola. He misses home, but felt he had no choice.

"It's unfortunate. All my family has left. Various cousins are in Mexico, Peru, Colombia. It's part of the reality in which we are living," said Sarmiento.

Everywhere the musicians play, people stop and listen and are moved to know that they are migrants.

"We have lost many values. But hearing the music can help us recover some of the things we have lost," said a local passer-by.


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  • ID : 8101154
  • Dateline : Recent
  • Location : Argentina
  • Category : society
  • Duration : 2'16
  • Audio Language : Spanish/Nats
  • Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2019-01-20 14:30
  • Last Modified : 2019-01-20 19:01:00
  • Version : 1
  • ID : 8101154
  • Dateline : Reciente
  • Location : Buenos Aires,Argentina
  • Category : society
  • Duration : 2'16
  • Audio Language : Español/Nats
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No acceso a la parte continental de China
  • Published : 2019-01-20 18:58
  • Last Modified : 2019-01-20 19:01:00
  • Version : 1

Argentina-Venezuelan Migrant Musicians

Venezuelan migrant musicians strike a chord in Buenos Aires

Dateline : Recent

Location : Argentina

Duration : 2'16

  • English
  • Español


Buenos Aires, Argentina - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of migrant musicians playing Mozart in park, entertaining pedestrians
2. Various of migrant musicians performing in metro station, passers-by taking photos
3. Various of migrant musicians walking, meeting up in park
4. Migrant musician Israel Portillo Sarmiento exiting metro
5. Migrant musicians walking
6. Sarmiento playing viola
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Israel Portillo Sarmiento, Migrant musician (starting with shot 6):
"It's unfortunate. All my family has left. Various cousins are in Mexico, Peru, Colombia. It's part of the reality in which we are living."
8. Various of migrant musicians performing in park, entertaining pedestrians
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Passer-by (name not given):
"We have lost many values. But hearing the music can help us recover some of the things we have lost."
10. Migrant musicians performing, pedestrians applauding



A group of talented migrant musicians from Venezuela are sounding a sweet note in Argentina as South America sees the biggest migration crisis in its history with millions fleeing Venezuela.

The musicians deliver impromptu concerts at public venues around Buenos Aires, pleasing many pedestrians or commuters. What few of the passers-by perhaps realize is that these maestros are recent migrants from Venezuela, schooled in their country’s famous program which develops classical musicians from all backgrounds.

Now, they’re seeking a better life thousands of kilometers from home.

They often perform in the city metro, where they don’t just play Mozart, but also engage in a cat-and-mouse game with the authorities who tell them to move on.

Israel Portillo Sarmiento traveled the 8,000 kilometers from Maracaibo in Venezuela to the Argentine capital carrying just one bag and his trusty viola. He misses home, but felt he had no choice.

"It's unfortunate. All my family has left. Various cousins are in Mexico, Peru, Colombia. It's part of the reality in which we are living," said Sarmiento.

Everywhere the musicians play, people stop and listen and are moved to know that they are migrants.

"We have lost many values. But hearing the music can help us recover some of the things we have lost," said a local passer-by.


ID : 8101154

Published : 2019-01-20 14:30

Last Modified : 2019-01-20 19:01:00

Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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