Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

The Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana (OCV) [Orchestra of the Region of Valencia] was founded in 2006 by Lorin Maazel, who was its first musical director. As the orchestra of the Palau de les Arts, it has quickly won prestige among the public and critics and achieved a level of artistic excellence that makes one of the best orchestras in Spain and one of the most important created in Europe in recent years. This recognition has also been earned thanks to the work of Zubin Mehta in the initial seasons, above all with the DVD recording of Wagner’s Ring, together with maestros of the stature of Riccardo Chailly, Andrew Davis, Valery Gergiev, Gianandrea Noseda and Georges Prêtre. The chief conductors of the OCV have been Omer Meir Wellber, Roberto Abbado and Fabio Biondi, with Ramon Tebar as its chief guest conductor. From September 2021, James Gaffigan is the music director of the orchestra, and he will open and close the season conducting Mozart’s Requiem and Wozzeck, respectively.

The OCV has been praised for the quality of its musicians and as a versatile ensemble capable of interpreting both opera and symphonic music with its own personality. It has continued its artistic journey supported by leading conductors, such as Daniele Gatti (Verdi’s Requiem) and extended its already broad opera repertoire in a variety of styles guided by internationally renowned conductors such as Marc Albrecht (Elektra) , Carlo Rizzi (La Cenerentola), Daniele Rustioni (Falstaff), Stefano Montanari (Così fan tutte) and Markus Stenz (Fin de partie). It has also maintained close collaboration with the most important internationally recognised Spanish conductors, including Guillermo García-Calvo, Gustavo Gimeno, Pablo Heras-Casado, Juanjo Mena and Josep Pons.