Huáscar Barradas “The Venezuelan Flutist”
A contemporary artist with a renaissance spirit
Flutist, composer, arranger and producer. 
The German Newspaper “FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG” wrote: 
“Mr Barradas has elevated us to an expressive spectrum of the flute, beyond that of what our Europeans ears are used too. He shined with absolute rhythmic precision and virtuosity”. 
From Bach to the Beatles, Folk music, jazz, flamenco, latin or contemporary music, Huascar Barradas plays it all. His solid musical education comes from atending important conservatories and universities in Venezuela, Germany and the United States.
Virtuoso, versatile, profound, vanguardist. Pionner of the Venezuelan musical movement Neo-Folklore where he combines folk, jazz, classic and contemporary musical tendencies in a very unique aproach.
A man of radio and fashion, a crusader for the environment, a pacifist and foremost a dreamer. He conducted for 5 years his own radio program “El Pabellon” where he suports the best of the Venezuelan music and young coming artists.
He plays an average of 100 concerts a year in important festivals and Theaters worldwide. His 18 compac discs and  2 dvds “Entre Amigos” are distributed and sold successfully in Latin America, Europe, Japan and the United States. Nominated to the Latin Grammy 2011 for his video “Entre Amigos 2” and Nominated to the Latin Grammy 2013 as best instrumental album.  He owns HB Records and Huascarflauta producciones CA where he develops all his musical creativity.
His works include from film scoring to experimental compositions like “Pacificanto” in which he combines the sing of the humpback whale of the Colombian Pacific with diverse instrumentation and human voices. 
He lectures worldwide on the “Interpretation of Latin American Music” in different universities, conservatories and festivals. 
Founding member and collaborator to the Venezuelan National System of Youth and Infant Orchestras. Played as co-principal flutist of Venezuela’s National Philarmonic Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfonica Municipal de Caracas. His musical training was made in important conservatories and universities in Venezuela, the USA and Europe.
Collaborator to “Children against Cancer Foundation”, “Colmena de la Vida” and AIDS Foundations in Venezuela. In 2007 he founded “Art for Children” a foundation created to support children with special artistic talent in Venezuela. 
www.huascarbarradas.com
Phone: 58 414 3305314 @huascarbarradas huascarflauta@gmail.com


Rafael Pollo Brito, un músico venezolano versátil, dominó varios instrumentos y fusionó influencias folklóricas y pop a lo largo de su carrera. Desde su debut en solitario hasta sus incursiones en la gaita y colaboraciones internacionales, su música ha trascendido fronteras. Pollo Brito se ha convertido en un defensor apasionado de la música y la cultura venezolana, consolidándose como una figura destacada en la escena musical global.

Con una trayectoria rica y diversa, ha compartido su talento con numerosos artistas, tanto nacionales como internacionales, y ha llevado la música venezolana a lugares tan lejanos como Japón y Europa. Su legado perdurará como un testimonio del poder de la música para unir culturas y promover el orgullo de la herencia musical de Venezuela en todo el mundo.

Músico, Cuatrista. Ganador del IV Concurso Internacional La Siembra del Cuatro.  Lic.  en Educacion, mencion Musica, egresado de la Universidad de Carabobo. En octubre de 2013 lanza su primera producción discográfica solista: El Cuatrero.


Sacerdote católico, de la Orden de Predicadores (Dominicos). Doctor en Teología. Profesor y misionero.

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