MiguelSepúlveda

Miguel Sepúlveda is the inaugural Donald Runnicles Fellow at the Dresdner Philharmonie and makes his subscription debut with the orchestra in September 2025. He is also a Dudamel Fellow for the 2025/26 season, and will conduct the LA Phil in concerts around Los Angeles county in December 2025.

In June 2025 Miguel was named joint-winner of the Grand Prix at the Rotterdam International Conducting Competition. 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 favourite candidate in the Symphonic and Classical rounds, respectively.

Recent highlights for Miguel include debuts with the Münchener Kammerorchester and Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, while forthcoming dates include returns to the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Gulbenkian Orchestra and Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música.

Born in Lisbon in 1998, Miguel studied under Jean Marc Burfin and finished his Masters at the Royal Northern College of Music, going on to conduct the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Manchester Camerata. In 2022 he won Portugal’s Prémio Jovens Músicos and in 2024 he was a semi-finalist in the Malko Conducting Competition.