The impact of the work made by Luis Szarán with Sonidos de la Tierra (Sounds of the Earth), it has passed over the frontiers of Paraguay, with the production of the documental Sounds of Hope, made by the program Frontline World of the PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). 
 
Mónica Lam, Marissa Aroy and Serene  Fang, are part of the production's technical team, they traveled the last year Paraguay, capturing in images the music's effect transformer in the life of children and young that form part of the project, being part of the social change that experience interpreting and making musicians. To know more about this experience, please visit the website:

Concepción
February 5 to 8, 2008
Participation of Youth Orchestras from Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile.

Jorge Bedoya (violin - San Ignacio), José Miguel Miranda (violin - Asunción), Juan Chávez (cello - Carapeguá), Rubén López (bass - Villa Hayes), Juan Ayala (flute - Carapeguá), Arturo Benítez (saxophone - Carapeguá) and Victoria Oviedo (harp - San Ignacio) will participate in the World-wide Orchestra "Weltweite Klänge" in the Nürnberg city (Germany), next to virtuous young people of India, Germany, Italy, Austria and Palestine. They will offer 9 concerts in cities of Germany, Switzerland and Austria between novembre 6th and november 16th, under the direction of Luis Szarán.