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Alicia Canter

Southbank Centre's Sounds Venezuela festival - in pictures

Southbank Centre Festival of the world
Visitors enjoy the sights and sounds as Southbank Centre's Festival of the World (of which the Simon Bolivar Orchestra's four-day residency - "Sounds Venezuela" - is part) takes over London's South Bank.
Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
Dudamel/Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra rehearse in London
Gustavo Dudamel rehearses with the orchestra for Saturday's concert.
Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
Gustavo Dudamel & the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in London 2012
Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra rehearse on Saturday morning.
Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
Gustavo Dudamel & the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in London 2012
Wind players in the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra rehearse at the Royal Festival Hall. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
Dudamel/Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra rehearse in London
Brass players in the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra rehearse at the Royal Festival Hall.
Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
Dudamel/Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra rehearse in London
String players in the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra rehearse at the Royal Festival Hall.
Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
Gustavo Dudamel & the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in London 2012
The 150-strong orchestra fill the Festival Hall's stage.
Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
Southbank: A boy takes part in the Gamelan workshop
A boy takes part in a Gamelan workshop, part of the Sounds Venezuela festival. Photograph: Alicia Canter for The Guardian
Southbank: Photographs from the photobooth installed at the Festival of the World
Photographs from the photobooth installed at the Festival of the World on The Southbank Photograph: Alicia Canter for The Guardian
Southbank: London's One Youth Dance Group
London's One Youth Dance Group: Chante Whiteman, Alice Wells, Daniel Gee, Andre Sanchez Photograph: Alicia Canter for The Guardian
Southbank: A child plays with pots at the Southbank's Festival of the World
A child plays with pots at the Southbank's Festival of the World Photograph: Alicia Canter for The Gu
Southbank: A mother and son watch a video installation at the Southbank
Tammi-Lee Fazldeen and Abdul Malik watch a video installation at the Southbank Festival of the World Photograph: Alicia Canter for The Guardian
Southbank: A view of the Thames by the Southbank during the Festival of the World
Looking out from the Royal Festival Hall onto the Thames Photograph: Alicia Canter for The Guardian
Southbank: Boys play in the temporary structures erected for the Southbank festival
Boys play in the temporary structures erected for the Southbank's Festival of the World Photograph: Alicia Canter for The Guardian
Southbank: The Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
The Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra with their conductor Gustavo Dudamel (centre), on Saturday evening, at the Royal Festival Hall Photograph: Alicia Canter for The Guardian
Southbank: People watch a live stream of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
The concert was streamed lived on the Guardian and also to an audience watching in the Southbank Centre's Clore Ballroom. You can watch the concert again here, available until 30 June 2012 Photograph: Alicia Canter for The Guardian
Bolivar: young boys at the South Bank Festival of the World
Young boys play outside the Festival Hall
Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
Stockwell Children's Orchestra play at the Southbank Festival of the World
In Harmony Lambeth (Stockwell Children's Orchestra) perform in the Southbank centre's Clore Ballroom.
Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
Stockwell Children's Orchestra play at the Southbank Festival of the World
Young musicians from Stockwell Children's Orchestra play at the Southbank Centre as part of the Sounds Venezuela residency.
Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian
Southbank: Gustavo Dudamel congratulates violinists at the end of his concert
Gustavo Dudamel shakes the leader's hand as the orchestra is applauded after Saturday's concert Photograph: Alicia Canter for The Guardian
Southbank: A violinist from the Simon Bolivar orchestra with a young musician
A violinist from the Simon Bolivar orchestra rehearses with a young musician from Stockwell's Children's orchestra Photograph: Alicia Canter for The Guardian
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