Maximiano Valdés

Maximiano Valdés is a Chilean classical musician and orchestral conductor. Mr. Valdés is the Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias in Spain.^[1] He is also the Music Director / Principal Conductor of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.

Biography

He was born in Santiago, Chile, Mr. Valdés made his American debut in October 1987 with the Buffalo Philharmonic and in 1989, he was appointed Music Director of that orchestra, a position he held until 1998.^[2][3] During the 07/08 season, Mr. Valdés toured with his orchestra in Asturias. The orchestra traveled Mexico, Spain and China.

Maximiano Valdés has several recordings available ^[4] and he recently signed on with Naxos to record works by Latin American and Spanish composers with the orchestra in Asturias.

North American Orchestral Engagements

• Saint Louis Symphony
• National Symphony
• Montreal Symphony
• Baltimore Symphony
• Seattle Symphony
• Houston Symphony
• Dallas Symphony
• New World Symphony
• Calgary Philharmonic
• Indianapolis Symphony
• Vancouver Symphony
• Phoenix Symphony
• Edmonton Symphony
• Syracuse Symphony
• San Diego Symphony
• Louisiana Philharmonic
• National Arts Centre Orchestra

Other Orchestral Engagements

• Dresden Philharmonie
• Russian State Symphony Orchestra
• Warsaw Symphony
• Krakow Philharmonic
• Katowice Philharmonic
• Nice Opera Orchestra
• Lisbon Philharmonic
• Malaysian Philharmonic
• Orquesta Sinfonica d'Estado de Sao Paolo

Summer Festival Engagements

• Mann Music Center
• Caramoor Festival
• Interlochen Center for the Arts
• Grand Teton Music Festival
• Eastern Music Festival
• Chautauqua Symphony
• Music Academy of the West
• Grant Park Symphony Orchestra

References

1. ^ "Conductor Maximiano Valdés - CM Artists New York". http://www.cmartists.com/artists/maximiano-valdes.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-21. 
2. ^ "About the Buffalo Philharmonic". http://bpo.org/meet/about.php. Retrieved 2010-03-21. 
3. ^ "Maximiano Valdes". http://www.music.buffalo.edu/bpo/valdes.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-21. 
4. ^ "Maximiano Valdes / ArkivMusic". http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Maximiano-Valdes/Conductor/56881-3. Retrieved 2010-03-21. 

Persondata
Name	Valdes, Maximiano
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death