Valentina Paolucci is an Argentinian-Italian conductor and violinist based in New York City. She has recently graduated from the Juilliard School with a Masters degree in Orchestral Conducting. Internationally, Valentina has conducted orchestras such as the Lüneburg Symphony Orchestra, Zhixing Symphony Orchestra, Brandenburger Symphoniker, Orquesta de Cámara de Santiago (Chile), Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, Georgia Symphony Orchestra, and the Juilliard Orchestra. Valentina has attended festivals such as the Tanglewood Festival Conducting Seminar, Cabrillo Contemporary Music Festival, NOI Conducting Academy, Medomak Conductors Retreat, and the Wintergreen Music Festival. In March 2024, she was the 2nd place winner of the Athens 6th International Conducting Competition. She has also attended masterclasses and studied with conductors such as David Robertson, Johannes Schlaefli, Jorma Panula, Marin Alsop, Jim Ross, Windfuhr Ulrich, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Viktor Yampolsky, Mei-Ann Chen, and Carl St.Clair, among others.