PachoFlores

Multi-award-winning Venezuelan trumpeter Pacho Flores is a First Prize Winner at the Maurice André International Trumpet Competition, Philip Jones International Competition and the Cittá di Porcia International contest in addition to being awarded a Gold Medal by the Global Music Awards for his album ENTROPÍA. His most recent recording for Deutsche Grammophon, ESTIRPE (2022) was nominated in three categories at the Latin Grammy Awards 2023 and Paquito D’Rivera “Concerto Venezolano” which was awarded “Best Classical Composition”.

Pacho Flores made his Hollywood Bowl in 2023 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel performing Arturo Márquez’sConcierto de Otoño following his season-long residency with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic where he and Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan were branded ‘The Dream Team’. Further recent highlights include performances as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, New World Symphony, Tampere Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, NHK Symphony, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Arctic Philharmonic, Turku Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lille and Frankfurt Radio Symphony.

In the 2024/25 season, Pacho is artist-in-residence with the Duisburger Philharmoniker in Germany, where he will perform in mutiple concerts including concerti, chamber music collaborations and in recital as soloist with organ. Further highlights include a his debut with the Houston Symphony (Hindoyan) and returns to the San Francisco Symphony (Carlos Miguel Prieto) and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (Hindoyan).