The Orquestra de València was created by the City Hall of València in 1943, so this year is the 75th anniversary. It has been a constant in the European music scene and has performed in the most prestigious festivals and auditoriums in the world.

Thanks to its concerts, the orchestra has projected to the world the whole Valencian culture: Valencia as the cradle of musicians and our music, one of the most outstanding signs of identity in our land. La Orquestra dedicated an important part of its musical programme to the Valencian repertoire and presented habitually premieres of works by Valencian composers, always with the aim of spreading the excellence of our cultural heritage. In addition, the most distinguished Valencian soloists have performed with La Orquesta throughout their career. The function of promoting and disseminating Valencian music that has presided over the life of the Orquesta de Valencia throughout its 75 years of existence is inarguable.

The Orquestra de València has acted at the Universitat de València in 12 occasions during all its history. The first time was in 1945, only two years after its creation and under the direction of its founder Joan Lamote of Grignon. In this section it is necessary to point out the regular participation of la Orquesta in the last editions of the Festival SERENATES, that will continue in the edition of 2018, and is scheduled to participate on 26 June.

The Orquesta de Valencia has acted often with the own groups of the Universitat de València; its collaboration with the Orfeón Universitario is distinguished, association with which it has performed together 64 concerts. Together they have interpreted some of the most representative works of the symphonic-choral repertoire as Carmina Burana of Carl Orff, Alexander Nevsky of Sergei Prokófiev, The song of the woods, de Dmitri Xostakóvitx, as well as many works of Valencian authors most distinguished as Salvador Giner, José Serrano, Ruperto Chapí, Manuel Palau y Amando Blanquer, among others.

Therefore, la Orquestra de València maintained a special relationship with the Orquestra Filarmònica of the Universitat de València. The Orquestra de València is the lighthouse where our young musicians look at each other, the target of their best goals and aspirations. Professors of the Orquestra de València have been invited in multiple occasions as professors for sectional rehearsals, admission tests, meetings and in some cases, even as soloists in concerts of the Orquesta Filarmónica of the Universitat de València.