Pacho Flores, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería & Carlos Miguel
Biography Pacho Flores, Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería & Carlos Miguel
Pacho Flores
won first prize at the Maurice Andre Competition, the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition and the Citta di Porcia International Competition . Trained in the great El Sistema Youth Orchestra in Venezuela, he has received critical acclaim for his concerts, solo performances and recordings.
Flores fills his exciting interpretations with extraordinary energy and wonderful timbres. As a soloist he has performed with the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, the Camerata St. Petersburg, the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, the NHK Orchestra (Japan), the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra (Venezuela) and the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra. He has performed recitals at Carnegie Hall in New York, Sale Pleyel in Paris and Tokyo Opera City. In his career as an orchestra musician, Flores played as principal trumpeter with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra (Venezuela), the Saito Kinen Orchestra (Japan) and the Miami Symphony Orchestra under Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Seiji Ozawa, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, among others and Gustavo Dudamel. Flores has a keen interest in contemporary music, and his repertoire includes commissions and premieres of pieces by composers Roger Boutry, Efraín Oscher, Giancarlo Castro, Santiago Báez, Sergio Bernal, Arturo Márquez and Roberto Sierra. Most recently, he played on an important tour with the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christian Lindberg, where he made his debut at the Festspielhaus Salzburg and the Musikverein in Vienna. His first album “The Venezuelan Trumpet” was released by Guataca Producciones. Most recently, he played on an important tour with the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christian Lindberg, where he made his debut at the Festspielhaus Salzburg and the Musikverein in Vienna. His first album “The Venezuelan Trumpet” was released by Guataca Producciones. Most recently, he played on an important tour with the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christian Lindberg, where he made his debut at the Festspielhaus Salzburg and the Musikverein in Vienna. His first album “The Venezuelan Trumpet” was released by Guataca Producciones.
As an artist with the Stomvi company, he plays instruments that were specially made for him and that he himself was actively involved in developing and innovating. Pacho Flores is an exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophon and has already released three recordings there: Cantar (with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Christian Vásquez); Entropia (Global Music Awards Gold Medal); and Fractales (with the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra and Christian Lindberg).
