Valentina Paolucci is an orchestral conductor currently based in New York City. She has recently graduated from the Juilliard School with a Masters Degree in Orchestral Conducting under a full scholarship, and was awarded the Robert Craft-Igor Stravinsky Conducting Award upon graduation. Valentina is currently a Conducting Fellow of the Chelsea Symphony in New York City, Music Director of the NYO-USA Alumni Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and Chelsea Tipton Conducting Fellow of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Valentina's recent highlights include assisting Gustavo Dudamel at the New York Philharmonic and Daniel Harding and Yuja Wang at the Carnegie Hall 2025-26 Season Opening Night Gala. Most recently, she conducted the Orchestre Métropolitain in the final concert of Domaine Forget de Charlevoix, sharing the program with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and conducted in the final concert of the George Enescu International Music Festival in Bucharest, Romania, sharing the stage with Cristian Măcelaru.