Trombonist Juan Pardo has played in orchestras around the world. Since September 2018 JuanPardo has been the principal trombonist of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra (ANPO, Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Eduard Topchjan). Before that Juan Pardo was the principal trombonist of the Orquestra Filarmónica de Jalisco (OFJ, Mexico, 2010-2017). Also Juan Pardo was the principal trombonist of the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Monterrey, Mexico, 2008 – 2009). After holding this position, Mr. Pardo was appointed as the principal trombonist of the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de Guanajuato (OSUG) under the baton of Maestro Enrique Batiz. 2009-2010.
During his professional career, Juan Pardo worked under the baton of prestigious Spanish and well-known international conductors such as Jesús Amigo, Enrique Garcia Asensio, Jesús López Cobos, Pedro Halfter, Antoni Wit, Lior Shambadal, Eduard Topchjan, James P.Liu, Jan Cober, Ibis Abel, Pinchas Steinberg, Nelo Santi, Sebastián Weigle, Enrique Batiz, Leslie Duner, Edmond Colomer, Guido María Guida and Marco Parisotto and others.
Except his orchestral career Trombonist Juan Pardo is committed to the performance of solo and chamber music. He has performed many solo and band concerts around the world. Juan Pardo participated as a soloist in the International Trombone Festival (USA, Redlands, California, 2017), International Brass Festival (Guanajuato, Mexico 2016), Festival de Música Vientos de la Montaña (Mexico, 2017), Laguna BRASS Festival (Mexico, 2015), Busan MARU International Music Festival (South Korea, 2015) among others.Together with pianist Timothy Welch, he commissioned and premiered several works for trombone and piano.
As an educator, Mr. Pardo has served as the Professor of Trombone at the Universidad de Guanajuato (Mexico, 2016-2017). Also, Juan Pardo has been invited to participate as a guest teacher in a variety of international events. Since September 2018 Juan Pardo has served as the Professor of Trombone at the ‘Brass Academy’ operating under the patronage of Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra.
