Photos: violinist in action
Anantawan has only one arm, but he is an accomplished violinist now training a youth orchestra in one of Boston's poorest neighborhoods.
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The Dudamel Orchestra is made up of 40 students in third to sixth grade at the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Brighton.
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Nobody at the school talks much these days about their teacher’s right arm. They’re too busy practicing.
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“What accessibility is, in my mind, is raising the series of potential development for any child,” says Anantawan.
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Anantawan is driven by the idea that music is “an inherent civil right.”
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