音樂的淨化

(中文錄自台灣立報2010/12/8,英文錄自YAHOO網站,源於路透社報導)

在一個墨西哥華雷斯城的學校裡,10歲大的安齊與同班同學拿著小提琴,一起

擺出合影的姿勢,圖片攝於10月13日.華雷斯城是全世界最危險的城市之一,

毒品幫派組織一天內會謀殺十多人.一名曾沉迷於海洛因的毒癮者,放棄手中

的攻擊步槍,而靠著小提琴與小號改變了人生.龔薩雷茲幫助貧窮兒童學習古

典音樂,並提供給他們一個出口,讓他們不會淪為黑幫歹徒的犧牲者,這些黑幫

歹徒對這座擁有150萬人左右的德州邊境城市造成威脅.

10-year old Jose Angel and his classmates

10-year old Jose Angel (R) and his classmates pose for a photograph with their violins at their school in Ciudad Juarez, October 13, 2010. In one of theworld's deadliest cities, where drug gangs murder a dozen people a day, a former heroin addict is changing lives with violins and trumpets rather than assault rifles. Alma Rosa Gonzalez is helping poor children learn classical music and give them an outlet that might stop them falling prey to the gangsters who are terrorizing this city of about 1.5 million on the Texas border. Picture taken October 13, 2010.