Pacho Flores – San Diego Story

The San Diego Symphony Returns to the Renovated Jacobs Music Center with an Exciting 2023-24 Jacobs Masterworks Season

By Ken Herman | February 9, 2023 |

Music Director Rafael Payare will celebrate the return of the San Diego Symphony to its newly renovated home at the Jacobs Music Center this November with a 2023-24 season of astonishingly bold and inviting programing

Premiere of D’Rivera Trumpet Concerto with Pacho Flores Thrills San Diego Symphony Audience

By Ken Herman | February 28, 2022 |

Under the San Diego Symphony’s Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare and assisted by Venezuelan trumpet virtuoso Pacho Flores, Saturday’s Civic Theatre program included the U. S. premiere of Paquito D’Rivera’s ‘Concerto venezolano.’