he has even started. i don't know if classical music need saving, i think it needs advocating, and it needs a kind of contagious enthusiasm to tell people that it is for everybody. gustavo symbolises that, there are very few people at his level. gustavo's confidence as a musician came at an early age. he was born in barquisimeto in venezuela to a father who was a professional trombone player and a mother who was a voice teacher. i think i grew up in an musical environment. it was part of my life. i wanted to be a salsa player, like my father. can you dance salsa? yes, ican. i love to dance. it is part of... i think it is part of our culture. and i grew up listening to my father playing salsa, he still plays with his band and all of that. but then there was a moment when, you know, i went to a symphonic concert and i got in love, you know, with a dimension of that world.