THE LEGACY receives three major endorsements

Music Directors of New York and Boston Philharmonics join author Paulo Coelho in praising the film.

November 18, 2008 – THE LEGACY, the latest feature documentary from Los Angeles-based Lobo Productions, has received the endorsements of Lorin Maazel, Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, Benjamin Zander, Music Director of the Boston Philharmonic, and internationally acclaimed author of The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho.

"A truly remarkable and penetrating review of the role music has played, does play and will always play in our lives," says Maazel. "'The Legacy' is a marvelous and human narrative that gives us all a newfound hope in the ultimate expression of the human condition."

"In 'The Legacy', the intricate web of human experiences is explained in the simplest of terms: what unites us as people is greater than that which separates us," adds Coehlo.

Journeying to 31 cities in 11 countries throughout the Western Hemisphere and Europe, THE LEGACY follows the lives of nine young musicians as they tour South America with The Youth Orchestra of the Americas (YOA), and then return to their hometowns. It explores the hope, dignity, and joy that the pursuit of excellence engenders in a human being, and is a roadmap for understanding how hardship and alienation help us define our true calling in life.

Zander raves, '”The Legacy' depicts the good we can leave for future generations. It is about strife and hope. Bravo!"

THE LEGACY includes live performances by the YOA and its internationally acclaimed guest soloists under the direction of three respected conductors, including Gustavo Dudamel (recently featured on “60 Minutes” and named Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic), Carlos Prieto, and David Robert Coleman.

Additionally, THE LEGACY features the stories of Ludwig Colombani – a destitute 9-year-old boy from Margarita Island who, as fate would have it, just happened to be sitting next to a violin on the day the film's crew accidentally met him – and Mr. David Arben, the former Associate Concert Master of the Philadelphia Orchestra and a world-renowned violin soloist. David is survivor #14088 of the Flossenbürg concentration camp in Flossenbürg, Germany, and he tells the incredible story of how music literally saved his life in THE LEGACY.

For more information, please visit www.lobopg.com/legacy, or contact the film's producers at info@lobopg.com