President Delcy Rodríguez inaugurated the José Antonio Abreu University of Music

Published at: 06/10/2026 01:35 PM

The president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, inaugurated this Tuesday the José Antonio Abreu University of Music, in Caracas, which will offer careers based on knowledge accumulated over five decades in El Sistema.

“I was a young vice-chancellor for Europe when one day Maestro Abreu knocked on my door. He was preceded by his black umbrella. And he came to talk to me about The System and to ask for support for a tour in Europe. From that day on, I knew that I would always be a follower of Maestro Abreu. That is why this university that we are creating today and that bears her name is a tribute to her work and her life, because she conceived The System as an extraordinary space for social encounter,” said the president in her speech.

The José Antonio Abreu University of Music comes to train the country's musicians, highlighting that The System is a work that continues to grow, reaching more than 1,300,000 boys, girls and young people from all over Venezuela, through 443 centers and 2,957 musical teaching modules distributed throughout the country.

The new study center is located in the facilities of the Simon Bolivar Conservatory of Music, in El Paraíso, which, since 1984, has trained entire generations of Venezuelan instrumentalists, singers and conductors, and is progressing with 85% of remodeling and expanding the entire infrastructure that today is transformed into the University of Music.

Mazo News Team