Portuguese conductor Miguel Sepúlveda will compete in the final of the Rotterdam International Conducting Competition in June 2025. He previously reached the semifinal of the Malko Competition in April 2024 where he conducted the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
In September 2024 the Dresdner Philharmonie appointed him as their first-ever Sir Donald Runnicles Fellow. In addition to his work in Dresden, the season 2024/25 sees him debut with Münchener Kammerorchester, Deutsche Philharmonie Merck and Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, alongside returns to Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música and Orquestra Metropolitana.
Miguel Sepúlveda won Portugal’s Prémio Jovens Músicos in 2022. The following year, he conducted Puccini's "Suor Angelica" at Operafest Lisboa and made his debut with Gulbenkian Orchestra – the latter resulting in an immediate reinvitation.
In the United Kingdom he has conducted the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Manchester Camerata, in addition to assisting Domingo Hindoyan and Vasily Petrenko at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
Born in Lisbon in 1998, Miguel Sepúlveda studied under Jean Marc Burfin and finished his Masters at the Royal Northern College of Music with Mark Heron and Clark Rundell.