Wisconsin native Andrew Balio was appointed as Principal Trumpet of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2001 by Yuri Temirkanov. Prior to his arrival in Baltimore, he was principal trumpet of the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta for nearly a decade after serving as principal with the Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico and the Boston Philharmonic.  He recently performed a season as principal trumpet with the Oslo Philharmonic concurrent with his BSO duties, as well as having been guest principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.  His solo debut was at age 15 with the Milwaukee Symphony playing the Haydn Trumpet Concerto. His Carnegie Hall solo debut was with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in a special concert for victims of Hurricane Sandy, many of which were Soviet émigrés. His teachers included Charles Schlueter, Adolph Herseth, Roger Voisin and Gene Young.

Throughout his career, he has appeared as soloist in Europe, South America, Japan and the United States under such conductors such as Mehta, Temirkanov, Rozdestvensky, Herbig, Venzago, Stenz, McGegan, Bergman, Orbelian, and Lintu.

Among his solo recordings, Soli Deo Gloria, are his own transcriptions of the music of J.S. Bach for trumpet and organ. Fanfare Magazine wrote of his album; “This is, hands down, the most magnificent, eloquent, communicative trumpet playing I have ever heard in my life, and I have a whole shelf full of trumpet CDs by virtuosos past and present against which I am comparing it.” He recently completed another volume of his own transcriptions, that of Brahms, Schumann and Schubert, recorded at George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch. His first solo recording was issued from Russia with the St. Petersburg Symphony, that of the Weinberg Trumpet Concerto, which he recently performed with Jonathon Heyward in Germany.

In 2014, he launched what was to become the Foundation for the Future of Classical Music, a research institute to examine the complexities of making classical music institutions financially viable while preserving their artistic mission. The website www.ffclasscialmusic.org has garnered much attention in the international press. For his work in this area, he was invited into the Academy of Philosophy and Letters as a board member and has presented papers during its conferences. His personal website is www.andrewbalio.com.

As a teacher, Mr. Balio has taught master classes regularly in Russia, Poland and Italy, the Conservatorio Nacional of Mexico, as well as in Brazil, Chile, Scandanavia, Israel, Japan and the United States.  He has recorded for the Sony, RCA, Angel, Phillips, Delos, Naxos and Teldec labels.