They are street buskers, waiters and food delivery bikers, but every Sunday they are members of Spain's most unusual orchestra — founded by Venezuelans fleeing the collapse of their country's economy. Manuel Jurado, conductor of the Cruz Diez Orchestra, confesses that he was called 'crazy' when, battling a profound depression after being uprooted from a comfortable life in Caracas as a professional musician, he decided to form the ensemble. 'How could I do this, people told me, when I hardly even had enough money to pay for a room to sleep in, that I was going to form an orchestra? But I persisted, I went looking in the streets and today, four years later, we are 75 musicians with 30 concerts to our name.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/music-is-the-key-to-life-for-venezuelan-exiles-in-madrid-w6czpfff2

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