Major guest appearances of Débora Waldman include concerts with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonie de Radio France, Duisburg Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Staatskapelle Halle, Orchestre Symphonique Val de Loire/Tours, Orchestre National de Lyon at the Côte Saint André Festival, and previously with Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestra of Colombia and the Orchestre Lamoureux at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Other engagements include concerts with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, the Jerusalem Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestre de Limoges.

In 2025, Débora Waldman conducted the world premiere of Harold Noben’s opera Bovary at Théâtre La Monnaie in Brussels. Upcoming debuts will include new productions of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites in Marseille and Cavalleria Rusticana at Opéra de Dijon. Also in opera, she has conducted Aida, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, La Clemenza di Tito, Don Giovanni, among others, as well as Idomeneo, Stiffelio and La Sérénade by French composer Sophie Gail at Opera Grand Avignon. In the coming seasons, she will conduct Die Zauberflöte, La Traviata, and Zaide.

Débora Waldman works and evolves in the musical tradition of constantly questioning the score and interpretation. She also founded her Orchestra Idomeneo in Paris, which performs regularly at Salle Gaveau. Committed to a message of peace, Débora Waldman was chosen to conduct the concert “Thessalonica, crossroads of civilizations” in honour of Arab-Israeli friendship.

A dynamic conductor, she has been particularly involved in transmission through the Philharmonie de Paris’ Démos project since its creation in 2010. In June 2019, she conducted the world premiere of the “Grande Guerre” Symphony written in 1917 by French composer Charlotte Sohy (1887-1955), whose forgotten score she has rediscovered. In July 2021, she will conduct the Paris premiere with the Orchestre National de France at the Maison de la Radio. A world premiere recording of this symphony was made during this concert, in partnership with the Palazzetto Bru Zane, released in March 2023. This discovery was the occasion for a book entitled La symphonie oubliée (The Forgotten Symphony), a cross-portrait of the composer and conductor, published by Robert Laffont. Her first recording with the Orchestre national d’Avignon Provence, Charlotte Sohy, compositrice de la Belle Epoque, was released on the new label “La Boîte à Pépites/Recording Women Composers.” This disc has received numerous national and international awards, including: Diapason Découverte, Diamant Opéra Magazine, and 5 étoiles Classica, and was nominated for the International Classique Awards.

Débora Waldman’s career took her to three different countries before she turned 15. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, she ccompanied her family to Israel in a Kibbutz where she lived until the age of 14. She then moved to Argentina and pursued her musical studies in Buenos Aires, at the Universidad Católica de Argentina. At the age of 17, she conducted for the first time. Débora Waldman is the only student in the history of this university who has been awarded two golden medals, both in orchestra conducting and composition. She went to Paris to perfect her skills at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (CNSMDP) and became Kurt Masur’s assistant at the Orchestre National de France, between 2006 and 2009. In 2008, L’ADAMI named her “Talent Conductor”, and in 2011 she received an award from the Simone and Cino del Duca Foundation, under the aegis of the Académie de Beaux-Arts.

Débora Waldman is being represented by Felsner Artists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.