Rene Shapiro, trumpet 

Rene Shapiro is Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Since 2004, he has served as leader of the brass section on BSO’s Pops Concerts and featured on stage with Paquito D’Rivera, Al Jarreau, John Williams, Leslie Odham, Jr., Linda Ronstadt, and Burt Bacharach, to name just a few. A native of San Diego, CA, he has performed with such ensembles as the Boston Symphony, the Boston Philharmonic, and Colorado and Albany Symphony Orchestras. Globally, he has worked with the International Symphony in Jerusalem, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia in Spain, Namdo Festival in Korea, and Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, and the Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra di Milano. Traveling internationally has not only been a passion but also allowed him to meet a violinist and his future wife Silva in Italy.

In addition to BSO Music Directors Marin Alsop and Yuri Temirkanov, a few of the notable conductors that he has worked with include Sir Simon Rattle, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Lorin Maazel. His teaching has included the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra, French Woods Festival, Maryland Classical Youth Orchestra, Chesapeake Youth Symphony, Master Players Festival at the University of Delaware, and Towson University. When resting his chops during the arduous winter season, Shapiro can be found on major ski slopes around the United States.