Miguel moved to London in 2001 after completing a degree in Law from the University of Deusto (Bilbao). In 2004 he graduated in Music from Goldsmiths College, University of London, with first class honours, having also received an award from the Goldsmiths Society in 2002. As a pianist, other awards include a first prize in the second edition of ‘Juan Antxieta’ performance competition in 2000 and a distinction from the Conservatory of Bilbao in 2001.

Miguel worked as an accompanist for Goldsmiths Chorus for three years and, in October 2004 contributed to the reopening of the Goldsmiths Music Society and became the conductor of its Chamber Orchestra and Chorus. With this ensemble, he directed works such as Vivaldi’s Gloria and Stabat Mater, Bach’s ‘Concerto for two violins’ and ‘Brandenburg’ Concerto no. 4, and Purcell’s Come ye Sons of Art, amongst others. As a conductor and repetiteur, he has been involved with the student opera company OperaGold in the production of Venus and Adonis by John Blow, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell, and Die Zauberflöte by Mozart.

In September 2006 Miguel completed a MMus in Historical Musicology, achieving a distinction for his work on John Eccles’s ‘Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne’ (1703). Last September, Miguel conducted five performances of Bizet’s Carmen at Greenwich Theatre with opera company Mean Time Opera. Shortly afterwards, Miguel received an invitation to conduct an orchestra in Avilés (Spain) with a programme that included Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. The success of this performance prompted an invitation from the local authority to organise a concert the following December, with the result of a new orchestra being formed, ‘Orquesta de los Adioses’ who aims to give three regular concerts each year. Miguel has been the conductor of the Barking and Dagenham Adult College Choir since September 2007.