Huáscar Barradas

Flutist Huáscar Barradas crosses genres from classical to jazz, Venezuelan folk music, and more. He has made recordings in various styles and is also a composer. Barradas was born in Maracaibo in Venezuela's Zulia state on June 12, 1964. He was drawn to classical music by Walt Disney cartoons and by a production of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker that he saw when he was nine. Barradas enrolled for flute studies at the José Luis Paz Conservatory in Maracaibo, and he became a founding member of the Venezuelan National Children's Orchestra, established as part of the famed El Siste...