RodolfoBarráez
- Conductor
About Rodolfo
Associate Conductor: Singapore Symphony Orchestra Assistant Conductor: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Associate Conductor: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Conductor-in-Residence: Opéra national de Paris
The 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons saw Rodolfo give debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall conducting Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and at the Hollywood Bowl, the Münchener Kammerorchester on their tour of South America as well as the Appassionato Orchestra at the Verbier Festival 2022. In 2023, Barraez conducted the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela on tour in Asia. Making his European debut at the Philharmonie Berlin in 2019 with the Hauptstadt Sinfonie-Orchester, other recent highlights include debuts with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, The Hallé, Symphony Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias, Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro Radio Televisión Española, Bogotá Philharmonic, Yucatán Philharmonic, Querétaro Symphony Orchestra, UNAM Philharmonic Orchestra, and Minería Symphony Orchestra.
The 2024-25 season will see Barraez conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Gävle Symfoniorkester, Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro Radio Televisión Española, and the Simón Bolívar Symphony among others.
Awarded First Prize at the 2023 Hong Kong International Conducting Competition, previous competition successes include First Prize at the 2018 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México International Conducting Competition (OFUNAM), and Second Prize at the 2020 Siemens-Hallé International Conductor Competition in Manchester.
Contact
For availability and enquiries
Tanja Schnitzer
Terry Shew
For contracts, logistics and press
Will Padfield
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
Video
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Rodolfo Barraez conducts the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela at the NCPA, Beijing
Rodolfo Barraez conducts the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela at the NCPA in Beijing (part of their China Tour November 2023) CARLOS CHAVEZ Indian Symphony (12”) - 0:27 ANTONIO ESTEVEZ Midday in the Plains (8”) - 12:56 ALBERTO GINASTERA Dances from “La Estancia” (13”) - 21:44 IGOR STRAVINSKY Firebird 1945 Suite (23”) - 36:21 Encore: LEONARD BERNSTEIN Mambo (West Side Story) - 1:01:35 Credit: Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela
Rodolfo Barraez conducts Tchaikovsky with the Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 in e minor (IV Mov) – Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin. Credit: Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin
Rodolfo Barráez – Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 Excerpts
Rodolfo Barráez conducts The Halle excerpts from Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor at the Siemens Hallé International Conducting Competition 2020. Credit: Inaugural Seimens-Hallé International Conductors Competition
Photos
News
Rodolfo Barráez debuts with Melbourne Symphony
Rodolfo Barráez returns to Hong Kong Sinfonetta
Rodolfo Barráez debuts at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Rodolfo Barráez appointed Assistant Conductor of Los Angeles Philharmonic
Rodolfo Barráez debuts with Münchener Kammerorchester on South American tour
Rodolfo Barráez wins Hong Kong International Conducting Competition
Rodolfo Barráez appointed Associate Conductor of the Singapore Symphony
Rodolfo Barráez announced as LA Philharmonic Dudamel Fellow
Rodolfo Barráez makes his debut with the Hallé Orchestra
Rodolfo Barráez debuts with the RTVE Symphony Orchestra
Askonas Holt welcomes conductor Rodolfo Barráez for worldwide management
Press
TwoSet Violin & SSO Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Victoria Concert HallNov 2023Barraez’s attention to detail and energy were clear to hear and see. It was heartening to see early signs that the SSO musicians will build an artistically rewarding relationship with Barraez in the coming years.
- The Straits Times
- 17 November 2022
Violinist Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony
Victoria Concert HallNov 2023Under his baton, the orchestra rendered a fine reading of Beethoven's Eighth Symphony for the second half of the concert, on that oscillated between wry merriment and throbbing urgency, with well calculated dynamics and a coherent sense of structure.
- The Straits Times
- 12 November 2023
