LUCAS WALDIN is a dynamic and versatile conductor whose performances have delighted audiences across North America. He has collaborated with some of today’s most exciting artists including Carly Rae Jepsen, The Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds, The Canadian Brass, Crash Test Dummies, Leslie Odom Jr., Jackson Browne, and Rita Wilson, in addition to conducting presentations such as Disney in Concert, Blue Planet Live, Cirque de la Symphonie, and Red Bull Symphonic. He is also active as a conductor for concert film presentations including titles such as The Goonies, The Princess Bride, A Muppets Christmas, Love Actually, The Lion King, and Batman (1989).

Waldin has been a guest conductor for numerous orchestras in the U.S. and Canada, including the Cleveland Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Grant Park Festival Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Philly Pops, the Vancouver Symphony, the Calgary Philharmonic, the Toronto Symphony, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.

Having joined the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra as Resident Conductor in 2009, Waldin was subsequently appointed Artist-in-Residence and Community Ambassador – the first position of its kind in North America. In recognition of his accomplishments, he was awarded the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestral Conducting and received a Citation Award from the City of Edmonton for outstanding achievements in arts and culture.

A native of Toronto, Ontario, Waldin holds degrees in flute performance and conducting from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

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