"You have a gift that many of my colleagues would like for themselves. A gift for conducting that nature has given you and that allows you to guide and shape the performance with enormous musicality" Maestro Lorin Maazel

"His work with the orchestra was very impressive: immediate good relations with the musicians, good communication, gestures and explanations. His knowledge of the scores is impeccable" Elmar Weingarten (Intendant Tonhalle Orchester Zürich)

"Valero-Terribas is a very gifted and natural conductor, extremely musical and with excellent technical skillls. I was particularly impressed with the quality of the sound wich he drew from the orchestra" Maestro Bernard Haitink

"Supremely musical with all the instinctive traits of a fine conductor: excellent hands that remind me of Claudio Abbado, good ears, a lovely naturalness in communicating, a generous spirit, and a very good sense of structure" Maestro John Nelson