MIQUEL RODRIGO


Miquel Rodrigo has an undergraduate and master's degree in orchestra and band conducting, graduating "Cum Laude" from the Conservatory of Maastricht where he was taught by Jan Stulen and Sef Pijpers. He went on to further his studies with Günther Schuller at Indiana University Bloomington.

He has won prizes in various international orchestra and band conducting contests including the "Gold Baton" at the WMC in Kerkrade, the "Gregorz Fitelberg" competition in Poland, and that of Radio Television Hungary in Budapest. In 1997 he was nominated for the Limburg University "Henriette Hustinx" Fine Arts Prize.

He began his career as an assistant conductor to the WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra in Cologne. He soon received high praise for his debut performances leading the Limburg Symphony and the Frankfurt German Chamber Orchestra. In 1998 he became resident conductor of the Haarlem North-Holland Philharmonic Orchestra which is associated with the Dutch Royal National Ballet.

As a multifaceted conductor, he has led some of the most prominent ensembles in countries such as Germany, Italy, Holland, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Mexico. In Spain he has conducted the symphonic orchestras of Valencia, Córdoba, Murcia and Castilla-León. The 28th edition of the "Mostra de Valencia" film festival gave him and the American director Spike Lee its gold award, an honor shared by directors and composers such as Maurice Jarre, Bill Conti, Francis Lai and Michael Nyman.

He was staff conductor of the Band of the Royal Dutch Air Force from 1995 to 2010. He has collaborated with the Basque Country "Musikene" Superior Music Centre on orchestral projects. Since 2004 he has taught chamber music and instrumental direction at the Aragon Superior Conservatory of Music (CSMA) where he is also the principal conductor of the Symphonic Band and "Sinfonietta" Wind Orchestra.