Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 507 - Leonardo Soto

Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito · Aug 13, 2026

Episode 507 - Leonardo Soto Pete's Percussion Podcast

Principal Timpanist for the Houston Symphony (TX) Leonardo Soto stops by to talk about his main gig, teaching at the University of Miami (FL), working at summer festivals, secrets of auditioning, and maintaining a busy schedule (03:35), his previous orchestral jobs at the Detroit Opera (MI) and Charlotte Symphony (NC) and his experiences on the audition circuit later in his career (33:45), growing up in Chile, his father the drummer and pop musician, the legacy of Chilean orchestral percussionists, studying percussion in Chile, and the…