Miguel Rincón
Biography Miguel Rincón
Miguel Rincón
was born in 1979 and today is one of the most active lute players in Spain. he plays early plucked instruments such as the renaissance lute, baroque lute, baroque guitar, vihuela, chitarrone and archlute, is a member of eminent ensembles, and is active in early music both through historical performance prac- tice and improvisation.
he studied plucked instruments at the Manuel castillo Music conservatory with Juan carlos Rivera, where he received top marks and graduated with honors. he later received a master’s degree, studying with Xavier Díaz Latorre at Esmuc (The Music conservatory of cataluña). he currently attends Zürich conserva- tory (Zürcher hochschule der Künste) to receive lessons with Eduardo Eguëz.
he has attended numerous master classes with prominent lute players such as Rolf Lislevand, Robert Barto, Paul O’Dette, and hopkinson Smith, and has received chamber music coaching from Vittorio Ghielmi, Paolo Pandolfo, and Gabriel Garrido, among others.
he has performed at numerous festivals and theaters all around the world, including the Mozart Festival in Galicia, Festival cervantino (Mexico), Estella Early Music Week (País vasco), Early Music Week in Barcelona, aranjuez, Utrecht, Festival de chiquitos (Bolivia), Froville le Romain (France), Luxemburg Theater, National auditorium (Madrid), chopin Music conservatory (Warsaw), Milán, París, Tou- louse, Lyon, Venice, and Buenos aires (Manzana de las Luces). he appears on numerous recordings such as Les violes du ciel et de l’enfer, with the academia del Piacere (Fahmi alqhai), Arde el furor intrépido with the Seville Baroque Orchestra (Diego Fasolis, conductor), and a recording of albinoni’s Sonata da chiesa Op. 5 with the ensemble ad corda (alessandro ciccolini, Francesco Varone).
