MiguelSepúlveda

Miguel Sepúlveda begins the 2025/26 season by making his Concertgebouw debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra followed by his subscription debut with the Dresdner Philharmonie. Later in the season he makes his LA Philharmonic debut conducting concerts around Los Angeles county and returns to the Gulbenkian Orchestra for their fifth collaboration.

In June 2025 Miguel was named joint-winner of the Grand Prix at the International Conducting Competition Rotterdam. The jury also awarded Miguel the Opera and Contemporary prizes, while the players of the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Orchestra of the 18th Century voted him their preferred candidate in the Symphonic and Classical rounds. He was previously a semi-finalist in the 2024 Malko Conducting Competition.

Born in Lisbon in 1998, Miguel studied under Jean Marc Burfin and finished his Masters at the RNCM. He has since gone on to conduct the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Münchener Kammerorchester and Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto. In September 2024 he was appointed the Dresdner Philharmonie's inaugural Runnicles Fellow and in March 2025 he was named an LA Phil Dudamel Fellow.