Miguel Sepúlveda

1998, Portugal

Current occupation

Freelancer Conductor

Education

Royal Northern College of Music Masters in Orchestral Conducting
Mark Heron & Clark Rundell 2021 – 2023
Lisbon Superior School of Music Master in Orchestral Conducting
Jean-Marc Burfin 2020 – 2021
National Orchestra Academy Bachelor in Orchestral Conducting
Jean-Marc Burfin 2017 – 2020
Metropolitan Professional School of Music Instrumentalist (Piano)
Rosa Maria Barrantes 2013 – 2016

Professional experience

Gulbenkian Orchestra (Tchaikovsky and Schumann)
Guest conductor 2024
Casa da Música Orchestra (New Years Concert)
Guest conductor 2024
Northern Orchestra (Beethoven, Azevedo and David)
Guest conductor 2023
Gulbenkian Orchestra (Mozart and Lalo)
Guest conductor 2023
OCCO Orchestra (Stravinsky, Boieldieu and Schubert)
Guest conductor 2023
Operafest (Suor Angelica + Rigor Mortis World Premiere)
Guest conductor 2023
Gulbenkian Orchestra and Matthias Kirschnereit (All Beethoven Program)
Guest conductor 2023
BBC Sctottish Symphony Orchestra (Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Weir)
Academy young Conductors Showcase 2023
BBC Philharmonic (Stravinsky)
Guest conductor 2023
Opera | Mansfield Park
Guest conductor 2023
BBC Philharmonic (New Works World Premiere)
Guest conductor 2023
Beiras Philharmonic Orchestra (New Year’s Concerts)
Guest conductor 2023
South Classical Orchestra (Weiner and Wagner)
Guest conductor 2022
Young Musicians Award Winner Concert (Stravinsky, Schumann and Wagner)
Guest conductor 2022
South Classical Orchestra (Mozart and Weiner)
Guest conductor 2022
New Sinfonia (Britten)
Guest conductor 2022
Cheetham’s Music School Orchestra
Guest conductor 2021
Salford Symphony Orchestra
Guest conductor 2021
Liverpool Mozart Orchestra
Guest conductor 2021
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Temporary assistant Conductor to Domingo Hindoyan 2021
Psappha Ensemble
Temporary assistant Conductor to Jamie Phillips 2021
Schostakovich Ensemble
Member 10 year anniversary concert of the Schostakovich Ensemble playing and rehearsing alongside Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro, Rosa Maria Barr 2016
South Classical Orchestra
Regular guest 7 Concert cycle through the South of Portugal with Orquestra Clássica do Sul. 2022
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
Guest assistant Conductor to Pedro Amaral (Mahler Symphony n.4) 2020

Awards & recognitions

Portugal Young Musician’s Award
1st prize 2022
OCCO International Conducting Competition
2nd prize 2021

Other achievements

Other
Page-turner to chamber music concerts in the Gulbenkian Foundation for Esteemed Musicians such as Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin 2014 – 2020
Solo performance
Händel’s Messiah with the Gulbenkian Choir and the Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra 2015
Other
Member of Organization of “Classical Summer” Festival in CCB, Portugal. 2015 – 2016
Masterclass
Full-week Masterclass and assistant conductor for Pedro Neves 2019
Masterclass
Full-week Masterclass and assistant conductor for Pedro Neves with the Academic Metropolitan Orchestra. 2018
Masterclass
Full-week Masterclass and assistant conductor for Enrico Onofri with the Academic Metropolitan Orchestra 2017
Recording
Recording and subsequent concert of Schostakovich’s Sonata for Piano and Cello in D minor with cellist Ana Mikus 2017

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