Valentí Oviedo

Valentí Oviedo (Manresa, 1977), degree in Administration and Business Management by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), MBA by IE Universtiy and PDD by IESE Business School. Oviedo has an significance experience in management in cultural facilities.

He is currently General Manager of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, a position he held since the 22nd March 2018 when he was appointed by the Board of the Foundation of the Gran Teatre del Liceu and member of the Board of Opera Europe since 2021.

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Valentí Oviedo (© A. Bofill)
Valentí Oviedo (© A. Bofill)

He started his professional career in the marketing and corporate finantial areas of multinationals of the industrial and consumer sector, but thanks to his relationship with culture and arts, he started to manage between 2008-2013, the municipal entity Manresana d’Equipaments Escenics in charge of the management of the Kursaal Theatre and the Conservatory-Theatre of Manresa.

In 2013 he was appointed manager of the L’Auditori and the Orchestra (OBC) Consortium, with a recognise contribution to improving the standards of the entity, a post that he hold until July 2016 when he was appointed manager of the Barcelona Institut de Cultura (ICUB). He is currently a member of the Creativity Advisory Committee of Barcelona City Council.

He collaborated as a teacher of financial and marketing areas in the Master of Cultural Management of the University of Barcelona (UB) and he has been member of the Board of the Association of Cultural Managers of Catalonia and the Cultural Association El Galliner.He is currently part of the Board of the Josep Mestres Cabanes Foundation (June 2022), a member of the Board “las Espurnes Barroques” (since its constitution in May 2021) and of the Board of the Banc de Sabadell Foundation (January 2023).