Pacho Flores - NOSPR

Pacho Flores was awarded first prize in the Maurice André International Trumpet Competition, the most renowned trumpet Contest in the world, as well as first prize in the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition and first prize in the Concorso Internazionale Città di Porcia. Trained in the marvelous Orchestra System for Youth and Children in Venezuela, he received top recognition for his performances, recitals, and recordings as a soloist.
Capable of managing classical or popular styles indistinctively, Flores adds to his captivating interpretations a great deal of energy tinged with the most beautiful instrumental colors.
Acting as soloist, he has performed with the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Camerata, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Orchestre de la Garde républicaine, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, and the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra amongst many others. He has also given recitals in concert halls such as the Carnegie Hall, Salle Pleyel, and the Tokyo Opera City.
Serving as one of the founding members of the Simón Bolívar Brass Quintet, he has taken part in numerous tours around Europe, South America, United States, and Japan. Experienced orchestral musician, Flores has held the leading trumpet position in the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Saito Kinen Orchestra, and the Miami Symphony Orchestra, under the musical direction of maestros like Claudio Abbado, Simon Rattle, Seiji Ozawa, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Eduardo Marturet, and Gustavo Dudamel including many others.
Founding director of the Latin American Trumpet Academy in Venezuela, he fosters a promising generation of young talents. Flores is extremely keen on promoting contemporary music and does so providing important contributions by means of the performance and interpretation of his instrument. His repertoire includes commissions and premieres of works by composers such as Roger Boutry, Efraín Oscher, Giancarlo Castro, Santiago Báez, Juan Carlos Núñez, and Sergio Bernal. Recently he has carried out an important concert tour across Norway and Austria with the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of maestro and composer Christian Lindberg, interpreting his concert Akbank Bunka, a piece for trumpet and orchestra, making his debut at the Großes Festspielhaus Salzburg, and at the Wiener Musikverein. His first album was released by the record label Guataca Producciones.
Artist from the Stomvi family, he plays instruments that have been exclusively manufactured for him by this renowned firm, and is actively involved in the developments and innovations of his instruments. Pacho Flores is an exclusive artist of Deutsche Grammophon. Cantar is his first album with this well-known record label and with whom he.