Cristina Valdés, piano

Recently hailed by Fanfare Magazine as “excellent” and “clearly sensitive”, pianist Cristina Valdés is known for presenting innovative concerts with repertoire ranging from Bach to Xenakis. She has performed across four continents and in venues such as Lincoln Center, Le Poisson Rouge, Miller Theatre, Jordan Hall, and the Kennedy Center. Ms. Valdés has appeared both as a soloist and chamber musician at festivals worldwide including New Music in Miami, the Foro Internacional de Música Nueva in Mexico City, Brisbane Arts Festival, the Festival of Contemporary Music in El Salvador, Havana Contemporary Music Festival, and the Singapore Arts Festival.

Cristina has appeared as concerto soloist with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Philharmonic, the Lake Union Civic Orchestra, Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, the Binghamton Philharmonic, NOCCO, Philharmonia Northwest, the Eastman BroadBand, and the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra. In 2015 she performed the piano solo part of Ives' 4th Symphony with the Seattle Symphony under the direction of Ludovic Morlot, which was later released on CD to critical acclaim. Her most recent recording is of Orlando Garcia’s “From Darkness to Luminosity” with the Málaga Philharmonic on the Toccata Classics label. She can also be heard on the Albany, Newport Classics, and Urtext labels.

Ms. Valdés received a Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory, and a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts from SUNY Stony Brook. She is currently an Artistin-in-Residence at the University of Washington, where she teaches piano and is the Director of the UW Modern Music Ensemble.