“Miguel-Urzanqui clearly shows his integral conception of Chopin’s piano concertos, an approach that transforms these two works into a kind of concertante piano symphonies, giving them an incredible, formal and expressive cohesion.”
Luca Belloni, composer and conductor.
“His good and developed gestural technique adds to a detailed and deep musical intelligence. Diego Miguel-Urzanqui has musical knowledge that goes beyond what is purely academic and conventional and an extraordinary ability always showing solidity of preparation and security on stage.”
Jordi Mora, orchestra director.
“Maestro Miguel-Urzanqui has the valuable ability to fully understand the peculiarities of each soloist and to exalt them during the performance of the concerts. I have never had the opportunity to express myself so freely through music and at the same time, be so well accompanied.”
Elizabeth Sombart, pianist.
“Great musicality and energy”. These are the words of the English music critic Jon Tolansky after hearing him at the head of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London in 2014.Diego Miguel-Urzanqui, (La Rioja, 1978), Since 1998 he has been performing intensely in music, taking him to concert halls in Germany, Spain, France, Belgium, England, Italy, Lebanon, Romania, Switzerland and the United States, such as the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona Auditorium, Auditorium of Zaragoza, Herkulessaal of Munich, Théâtre de Beaulieu and the Salle Paderewski of Lausanne, Bâtiment des Forces Motrices of Ginebra, Cadogan Hall de Londres, BOZAR de Brussels, Ateneul Român of Bucarest, Amphitheatre Pierre Abou-Khater of Beirut, Salle-Auditorium Safadi de Trípoli (Lebanon) among others and within the Festival of music of the Baix Penedès, Cebreros Festival of Strings, Festival Internacional Variations Musicals of Tannay, Annual Gene Nastri School Summer Arts Workshop (WA, EUA), Festival de musique de chambre Plage musicale of Bangor (Belle-Île) or the Rencontre de Guitare Classique de Nice where he has been a guest conductor in each edition since 2017. He has conducted different orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Regala of Bucarest, Philharmonic Orchestra of Kharkiv, Orchestre Solidaire Résonnance, Ensemble Symphonique Kataulus, Monzón Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the Kingdom of Aragon, Empordà Chamber Orchestra, Tarragona Chamber Orchestra and Cambra de Vic Orchestra and others. He has accompanied, among others, soloists such as Irina Kulikova (guitar), Pablo Ferrández (cello), guitarists Alejandro Arroyo-Rius and Marcelo de la Pobla, the famous French actress Véronique Genest, as well as pianist Elizabeth Sombart, with whom in 2013 he recorded the entirety of Chopin’s concerts. He has been a juror of the XII International Classical Guitar Competition “Heitor Villa-Lobos” in Nice (France).
In 2011 he created the OSRé, Orchestre Solidaire Résonnance lthe activity is «offer classical music where there is none» thus amplifying the work carried out by the Résonnance Foundation (Switzerland) in different countries of Europe and Lebanon, and performing concerts in hospitals, shelters, residences, etc. Maestro Miguel-Urzanqui stands out for his extensive musical work in the prison sector, promoting and disseminating live classical music, both orchestral and chamber music, in different prisons in Catalonia and Aragon alongside Résonnance Spain. He currently combines his career as a conductor, at the head of the Orthemis Orchestra, with the teaching and social field. He develops an important activity within the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona, as director of the University Orchestra and professor of chamber music, and is manager of Résonnance Spain.
He studied conducting and musical phenomenology in Barcelona with the maestro Jordi Mora, one of the most direct musical heirs of the conductor Sergiu Celibidache. For more than ten years he has also made an intense journey participating in his courses, master classes and essays in different parts of Spain and the rest of Europe, highlighting centers such as the School of Music of Catalonia, the University International of Andalusia, the Conservatory Superior of Castellón, the School of High Musical Studies of Galicia, the Fondation Résonnance (Switzerland, Spain and Italy), the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra (Catalonia and Valencia) or the Bruckner Akademie Orchester (Munich) and others. Also, and granted a scholarship by the ESMUC, he studied conducting and conducting at the aforementioned music center in Barcelona.
