The charismatic, Cuban-born conductor Cosette Justo Valdés is a rising international star. Recognized and acclaimed for her high energy, passionate, intensely incisive performances, Maestra Valdés has been invited to lead many major orchestras around the globe including in Europe: the Tonkuenstler Orchestra of Austria, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague, the Ulster Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Zagreb Philharmonic, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Orchestra of the Theater Heidelberg, the National Theater Mannheim, the Winterthur Symphony, the Robert-Schumann Philharmonie Chemnitz, and the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra; in the United States - the Minnesota Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Utah Symphony, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, the Eugene Symphony, the Orlando Philharmonic, the Elgin Symphony, the Brevard Music Festival, the Kalamazoo Symphony, the Savannah Philharmonic and the National Philharmonic; and extensively in her current home country of Canada - the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, the Regina Symphony, The Saskatoon Symphony, the London Symphonia (Ontario), I Musici de Montréal, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, the Thunder Bay Symphony, the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra where she enjoyed a successful six-year tenure as Resident Conductor from 2019-2025.
Maestro Valdés recently completed her vibrant tenure as Artistic Director and Music Director of the Vancouver Island Symphony in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
