Henry Raudales is the concertmaster for the
Brussels Philharmonic
The Brussels Philharmonic is a Belgian radio orchestra located in Brussels. Formerly known as the Groot Symfonie-Orkest, BRT Philharmonic Orchestra, and later as the Flemish Radio Orchestra, the orchestra has been linked to the Flemish public ...
, a position he has held since 2005. He plays a
Guadagnini violin from 1787.
Raudales played his first public concert at age seven in
North Carolina, which resulted in
Yehudi Menuhin recommending him for a scholarship.
He came in third at the
Queen Elisabeth Competition
The Queen Elisabeth Competition ( nl, Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd, french: Concours musical international Reine Élisabeth) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in Brussels. The competition is named after Queen ...
in 1985.
Raudales served from 1989 to 1993 as first concertmaster of the Orchestra of the
Vlaamse Opera The Vlaamse Opera (Flemish Opera) is an opera company in Belgium directed by Jan Vandenhouwe which operates in two different opera houses in two Flemish cities, the Vlaamse Opera Antwerp at Van Ertbornstraat 8 and the Vlaamse Opera Ghent at Schouwbu ...
in Antwerp and Ghent. Following this he held the same position with the
Essen Philharmonic. Since September 2001 he has been concertmaster of the
Munchner Rundfunk-Orchester.
References
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Guatemalan classical violinists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition
21st-century classical violinists