Biography

Orchestra conductor with a versatile artistic career, Juan Pablo Valencia-Heredia belongs to a generation of Colombian musicians who have made the transition to orchestral conducting after an extensive professional career as an instrumentalist.

During the last seasons he has conducted orchestras in Europe and Latin America such as the Colombian National Symphony Orchestra, Extremadura Orchestra, Cordoba Orchestra, Santa Cecilia Classical Orchestra, Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra, Eafit Symphony Orchestra, Colombian Youth Philharmonic, among others.

His artistic recognitions include being the winner of the 1st International Conducting Competition “Ferit Tüzün” in Turkey (October 2023), beneficiary of the Andrés Orozco-Estrada Scholarship (December 2021), Latin Grammy Winner in 2021 with the project “Tu Rockcito Filarmónico”, and the recording of four Beethoven symphonies in the project “Beethoven en Medellín” with the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra (2019).

As Assistant Conductor he has had the opportunity to work in orchestral and/or opera projects with maestros such as Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Andrés Salado-Egea, Pablo Heras-Casado, Álvaro Albiach, Roberto González-Monjas, Catherine Larsen-Maguire, Guillermo García Calvo, Miguel Romea, Christoph König, among others, as well as with the Colombian Youth Philharmonic and the Youth Orchestra of Andalusia.

He has served as Assistant Conductor of the Extremadura Orchestra (2021-2024), Resident Conductor of the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra (2019-2021), and National Symphony Director of the Batuta National Foundation (2015-2017).

Born in Medellín (Colombia), he studied his master’s degree in conducting with maestros Cecilia Espinosa and Alejandro Posada at the Universidad Eafit, music with emphasis in cello at the Universidad Eafit with maestro Ludmil Vassilev, and took a postgraduate course, specializing in cello, at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Salamanca with maestro Marius Díaz Lleal.

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