Biography
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, Leslie Odom Jr., Jackson Browne, and Jim Cuddy, in addition to conducting presentations such as Disney in Concert, Blue Planet Live, Cirque de la Symphony, and Red Bull Symphonic.
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 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. He appeared with the ESO over 150 times and conducted in Carnegie Hall during the orchestra’s participation in the 2012 Spring for Music festival. 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.
As an arranger, Waldin has created orchestrations for a wide range of artists including Crash Test Dummies, Capathia Jenkins, Pat Green, Hugh Panaro, Jeremy Dutcher, and Celeigh Cardinal.
A native of Toronto, Ontario, Waldin holds degrees in flute and conducting from the Cleveland Institute of Music.