Pacho Flores
Multi-award-winning Venezuelan trumpeter Pacho Flores is a first-prize winner of the Maurice André International Trumpet Competition, Philip Jones International Competition, and the “Città di Porcia” International Competition 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 2023 Latin Grammy Awards, including a win for Paquito D’Rivera’s “Concerto Venezolano ” in the Best Classical Contemporary Composition category. In summer 2025, Pacho made his debut at the BBC Proms with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Domingo Hindoyan. Following his season-long residency with the orchestra in 2022/23, Flores and Hindoyan were branded “The Dream Team.” Highlights in the 2025/26 season included performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl (Gemma New), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Giancarlo Guerrero), Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Jader Bignamini), and Philharmonia (Rafael Payare) and tours with the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France (Dina Gilbert) and Sinfónica de Minería (Carlos Miguel Prieto).
Trained in the groundbreaking El Sistema music education program in Venezuela, Pacho is equally at home across many musical genres and is an advocate for new commissions. Recent premieres include works by composers Efraín Oscher, Giancarlo Castro, Santiago Báez, Hilda Paredes, Christian Lindberg, Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo Márquez, Roberto Sierra, Gabriela Ortiz, and Daniel Freiberg. Pacho is also a founding member of the Simón Bolívar Brass Quintet and former Principal Trumpet of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. He is dedicated to fostering the next generation of trumpet players and is Founding Director of the Latin American Trumpet Academy in Venezuela.
Pacho Flores is a Stomvi artist, performing exclusively on instruments that have been developed and built for his performances. Pacho’s discography also includes Cantar with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin (Christian Vásquez), Fractales with the Arctic Philharmonic (Christian Lindberg), and the double CD-DVD Cantos y Revueltas with Real Filharmonía de Galicia (Manuel Hernández-Silva).
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