The Recycled Orchestra, an entire orchestra made from trash, is the brainchild of orchestra director Luis Szarán and music teacher Favio Chávez.
In the slums of Cateura, Paraguay, a city built on top of a landfill, many residents work scavenging through the city’s landfill in search of any goods which can still be sold on.
The video above, described as a beautiful story about the transformative power of music, which also highlights two vital issues of our times: poverty and waste pollution, shows how recycler used his to make cellos and violins from just scraps.
Visit the Landfill Harmonic Kickstarter page here to learn more.
