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Fact sheet
- Name
- Huáscar Barradaswith an accent on the first «a»
- Occupation
- Flutist, composer and producer
- Born
- 12 June 1964Maracaibo, Venezuela
- Award
- Latin Grammy — Best Classical Album (2023)Huáscar Barradas Four Elements Immersive Symphony For Orchestra And Chorus
- Nominations
- 2011 — Best Long Form Music Video, Entre Amigos 22013 — Best Instrumental Album, Dos Mundos 2
- Identifiers
- ISNI 0000 0000 7908 418XVIAF 46378079GND 1057462306LCCN no98055188
Biography, to copy
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Huáscar Barradas is a Venezuelan flutist, composer and producer, born in Maracaibo in 1964. He won the 2023 Latin Grammy for Best Classical Album with «Four Elements», recorded with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. He is one of the originators of Venezuelan neo-folklore and has performed in more than twenty-five countries.
Huáscar Barradas is a flutist, composer, arranger and music producer, and one of the originators of Venezuelan neo-folklore: the movement that fuses tradition with the contemporary. Born in Maracaibo in 1964, he trained at conservatoires and universities in Venezuela, the United States and Europe. He was co-principal flute of the Venezuela National Philharmonic Orchestra and of the Caracas Municipal Symphony Orchestra, and is a founding member of El Sistema in its Zulia chapter. In 2023 he won the Latin Grammy for Best Classical Album with «Huáscar Barradas Four Elements Immersive Symphony For Orchestra And Chorus», recorded with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and the National Choir. He had been nominated twice before, in 2011 and 2013. He has released twenty-one albums, performed in more than twenty-five countries, and shared the stage with Miguel Bosé, Chavela Vargas, Simón Díaz, Oscar D’León and Guaco, among others.
How to cite it correctly
- It is a Latin Grammy, awarded by the Latin Recording Academy. It is not the United States Grammy, awarded by the Recording Academy: two different awards from two different organisations.
- He won ONE, in 2023, in the Best Classical Album category. It was presented on 16 November 2023 at the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, held in Seville.
- He has TWO previous nominations, not three: 2011 and 2013. The figure of «three nominations» circulates in older promotional material and is not supported by any source giving a year and a work.
- The winning album is credited on streaming platforms to the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and the National Choir, not to Huáscar Barradas as lead artist. He is the composer and the soloist.
- Encyclopaedic entries are out of date. As of today the English Wikipedia mentions only the two nominations and does not record the 2023 win; the Spanish Wikipedia does not mention the award at all; and Wikidata carries no «award received» statement. He did win: the press coverage from that night is linked below.
Coverage of the award
- ConfirmadoHuáscar Barradas wins the Latin Grammy for best classical album
- El ImpulsoHuáscar Barradas won the Latin Grammy for Best Classical Album
- El UniversalHuáscar Barradas, Lasso and Luis Fernando Borjas honoured at the Latin Grammy Awards
- GlobovisiónVenezuelans shine at the Latin Grammy: Huáscar Barradas with the Simón Bolívar Symphony
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