Miguel Sepúlveda was the winner of Portugal’s Young Musician’s Award 2022 and debuted with the BBC Philharmonic, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Casa de Música Orchestra a.o. in 2023. In Portugal, he is regularly invited back to conduct, and by the end of the 23/24 season he is set to have conducted all Portuguese orchestras. His concerts have been the subject of national and international reviews, from mentions in Público, Portugal, to references in the French newspapers Le Figaro and Res Musica: "At 25, Miguel Sepúlveda made his guest conductor debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra. His nervous direction full of elegance, (...) makes him a talent to follow very very closely... We would be wise to bring him to France without delay.
This year he made his operatic debut with Dove’s Mansfield Park in the UK, and in August he will conduct in a production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and the world premiere of Lima da Silva’s Rigor Mortis. He has been assistant conductor to Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO, Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra, and Jon Storgards and the BBC Philharmonic, a.o. He started his conducting studies with Jean-Marc Burfin in Lisbon, and went on to complete a Master’s in conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music with Mark Heron and Clark Rundell.