Composer

Trumpetist

You will be dancing in your seat from the first note to the last as you listen to Domingo Hindoyan conduct the Minnesota Orchestra with guest trumpet soloist Pacho Flores. In Arturo Márquez’s new trumpet concerto, Flores delivers the many colors and flavors of Latin American dance bands while he performs on four different types of trumpets. These concerts conclude with Dvořák’s radiant Eighth Symphony, interwoven with a multitude of folksongs and delightful dance melodies.

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Dvořák Symphony No. 8

Minnesota Orchestra

Pacho Flores!

Ohio Wesleyan University

Program and artists subject to change without notice.

San Diego Symphony

McCallum Theatre

Trumpeter Pacho Flores, praised by The San Diego Union-Tribune for “unwavering solidity of tone and comfortably switching between popular and classical styles of playing,” returns to San Diego to perform Altar de bronce by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz. Music Director Rafael Payare leads this brilliant program that includes Ravel’s tender Le tombeau de Couperin and whirling La valse, and concludes with the fantastical sonic tapestry created by Debussy’s Images.

Ravel, Debussy and Ortiz

Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center

Reserve your seats for this performance today and enjoy unbeatable savings by subscribing to New World Symphony’s Saturday One or Sunday One series. Starting at just $20 a concert, both series feature illuminating performances with Stéphane Denève, Michael Tilson Thomas, Lina González-Granados, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, trumpeter Pacho Flores and 87 of the world’s best young musicians.

Carlos Miguel Prieto + Pacho Flores

New World Center

Dance company Grupo Corpo—internationally renowned for combining classical technique with a modern take on popular Brazilian dance—joins Dudamel and the orchestra for this rare full performance of Ginastera’s ballet. Set against the landscape of disappearing Argentine gaucho culture, Ginastera’s Estancia tells the tale of a city boy who tries to win the heart of a rancher’s daughter by showing off his skills as a horseman and dancer.

Composer Arturo Márquez describes the trumpet as “the queen in the soul of Mexico… a cry of joy and sadness.” In his autumn-inspired concerto for trumpet, Marquez evokes those emotions and more with the help of the technical and musical showmanship of soloist Pacho Flores.

Estancia with Dudamel

Hollywood Bowl

Guest conductor Manuel Hernández Silva, making his US debut, is joined by the welcome return of fellow Venezuelan Pacho Flores, who introduces the exotic, dance-like concerto, written for him by Puerto Rican Roberto Sierra, and his own piece, Morocota. Hernández Silva leads the TSO in two takes on the classic Romeo and Juliet story, by Tchaikovsky and Bernstein.

A Venezuelan Valentine

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall

Día de Los Muertos

Boston Symphony Hall

One of the most internationally-celebrated trumpet players, Pacho Flores brings his unique energy and beautiful sound colors to two contrasting trumpet works: the jubilant and familiar Haydn Concerto, and a simmering new concerto by Mexico’s Arturo Márquez. Rounding out the program is Hector Berlioz’s wild journey through the highs of romantic obsession, the lows of love lost, and the nightmare that ensues in Symphonie Fantastique.

Symphonie Fantastique

Kleinhans Music Hall

Jazz-Latin-Classical Fusion

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

About</a>	<div>	<div>	From the terror of its opening brass fanfare through to the wild delirium of its ending, Piotr Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony takes us on a journey of unstoppable drama, filled with aching melodies, thundering climaxes and the psychological torments of a hero struggling with implacable fate. Trumpeter Pacho Flores stars in the U.S. premiere of a new concerto by Paquito D'Rivera, a jazzy tribute to the Venezuelan people by the Cuban-born composer. And the concert opens with an enchanting orchestral firework by the young California-based composer Andrew Norman.

Payare Leads TCHAIKOVSKY

San Diego Civic Theatre

From the terror of its opening brass fanfare through to the wild delirium of its ending, Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony takes us on a journey of unstoppable drama, filled with aching melodies, thundering climaxes and the psychological torments of a hero struggling with implacable fate. 
Trumpeter Pacho Flores—first prize winner of the Maurice André International Trumpet Competition—stars in the U.S. premiere of a new concerto by Paquito D'Rivera, a jazzy tribute to the Venezuelan people by the Cuban-born composer written for Flores. Also on the program is an enchanting orchestral firework by the young California-based composer Andrew Norman.

San Diego Symphony: Trumpets & Tchaikovsky

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Instead, we are pleased to offer a concert featuring the San Diego Symphony, led by music director Rafael Payare and joined by trumpeter Pacho Flores on Friday, February 25.

Basel Chamber Orchestra

San Diego Symphony with Pacho Flores

Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare’s profound musicianship, technical brilliance and charismatic presence on the podium has elevated him as one of the most sought-after young conductors, working regularly with the world’s leading orchestras. Payare currently serves as music director designate of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Prior to that, Payare was Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Ulster Orchestra from 2014-19 with whom he appeared twice at the BBC Proms in 2016 and 2019. The Orchestra recently named him Conductor Laureate in recognition of his vast artistic contribution to the Orchestra and City of Belfast during his five year tenure.  Francisco “Pacho” Flores, principal trumpet of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and founding member of the Simón Bolívar Brass Quintet, has been achieving worldwide recognition as a soloist, captivating audiences with his energy and the bell-like beauty of his tone. His playing integrates jazz and Latin American influences with his classical training. In 2005 he earned a conservatory diploma with a unanimously awarded Prix de Virtuosité. He has won four international competitions, the most prestigious of all: the Maurice André Competition in 2006.  In the 100-plus years since its inception, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra has become one of the most significant orchestras in the United States and was designated a Tier 1 Orchestra by the League of American Orchestras in 2010. Committed to providing musical experiences of superior quality for the greater San Diego community and beyond, the orchestra is known for their rich mixture of innovative and educational programming designed to appeal to all ages and cultures.

Pacho Flores

Composer, Trumpetist

Events

21 - 22 Mar, 2024

Dvořák Symphony No. 8 · Minnesota Orchestra

Mar 17, 2024

Pacho Flores! · Central Ohio Symphony

Feb 18, 2024

San Diego Symphony · Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic

16 - 17 Feb, 2024

Ravel, Debussy and Ortiz · San Diego Symphony

10 - 11 Feb, 2024

Carlos Miguel Prieto + Pacho Flores · New World Symphony

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