FROM TRASH TO TUNES MEET THE RECYCLED ORCHESTRA
Sep 01, 2019
3 minutes
BY SONJA COLE
Musicians in the London Philharmonic Orchestra play expensive instruments crafted from the finest materials. But in a slum in Cateura, Paraguay, in South America, an orchestra plays instruments made out of materials recycled from the trash. Their name is Orquesta de Reciclados (the Recycled Orchestra), and they perform for audiences all over the world. Cateura is now famous as the home of the Recycled Orchestra. These musicians create beautiful music out of garbage.
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