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Peru's renowned tenor Juan Diego Flórez stated he's committed to a big project with youth and children orchestras in his homeland, according to UK daily The Times in an article called "Juan Diego Florez, the tenor of the times".

"You know El Sistema in Venezuela? Well I’m trying to do the same in Peru. We have the same poor children that need rescuing through music", he was quoted as saying to the UK The Times daily.

Flórez explained he went to Venezuela and did a concert with Gustavo Dudamel, and took the chance to study the system in detail. Then, he convinced Maestro Abreu, the founder of El Sistema, to come to Lima. He assured both visited President Alan Garcia and many big companies raising fund to run the project.

"We raised money, and now it has taken off. If you’re famous in your own country, it’s nice to use that fame to open doors and make something good happen”, he added. Flórez explains that to appreciate opera properly requires a certain sensibility. Not social status, not money, but sensibility for this music.

“Of course for a perfomer the public is like a fuel. But to appreciate opera properly requires a certain sensibility. Not social status, not money. Many of my fans are ordinary people who struggle to buy a ticket. But they have a sensibility for this music.”

The Times said Flórez is now a hero in his homeland.

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