Andrew Balio joins Moment of Truth to talk the influence and legacy of classical music, whether or not classical music is dying, how postmodernism destroyed art, and the left’s war on beauty.
In Today’s episode of “Moment of Truth,” Saurabh and Emma sit down with Andrew Balio, founder of The Future Symphony Institute and Principal Trumpet of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, to discuss the left’s war against all things good and beautiful in western culture ranging from morals, to religious values, and even classical music.
Wisconsin native Andrew Balio was appointed as Principal Trumpet of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2001 by Yuri Temirkanov. He recently served as principal trumpet of the Oslo Philharmonic concurrently with his BSO duties in 2014/15. In 2019, he was guest principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony and in 2020, the Hong Kong Philharmonic. Prior to his arrival in Baltimore, he had been principal trumpet of the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta since 1994 and the Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico since 1990, as well as the Boston Philharmonic. His solo debut was at age 15 with the Milwaukee Symphony playing the Haydn Concerto. His teachers included Charles Schlueter, Adolph Herseth, Roger Voisin and Gene Young.
In 2014, he launched The Future Symphony Institute, an online think tank to examine the complexities of making symphony orchestras financially viable while preserving their artistic mission.
