In season 2024-2025 Manuel will work as assistant-conductor at Orquesta y Coro Filarmonía de Madrid, also filling functions as arranger, orchestrator and collaborative pianist for their monthly concerts at Auditorio Nacional de Madrid (Spain).
Manuel holds a Master in Orchestral Conducting from Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), and he keeps learning under the mentorship of maestro Pascual Osa.
Since he was a teenager, he has been pursuing his calling to become a conductor. In his journey, he has received the advise of exceptional Maestros like Luis Miguel Clemente, Colin Meters, Mark Shapiro and Bruno Weill among others.
In 2025 Manuel is planning new projects as Music Director for a new Cultural Association for Innovation in Music and the Arts in La Rioja (Spain).
Manuel works in his private studio, MIRLO STUDIO, a name coming from the character of Mirlo, who introduced him to Opera when he was a kid.
At Mirlo Studio Manuel works preparing different kinds of experiences around his classical repertoire, solo or collaborating with other artists. As a pianist, he likes playing in any chamber music setting, usually introducing his performances for audiences of all ages.
Since his conservatory years in Madrid, Manuel was fond of Music Theory and he especially enjoyed all the harmony and counterpoint exercises. It was fun making short compositions for friends and family, and he received encouraging comments. But he never considered this path too seriously.
Only in 2021, Manuel discovered the Internet of Value and worked in a composition for the NFTs for Peace collection, a collaborative project inspired on an artwork by awarded artist Gonzalo Borges. After that wonderful experience he looked for a new collaboration, and he met artist Grace Hye, with whom he was honored to collaborate in a new collection: FOUR SEASONS. December 2023 was time for Three Miniatures as a Christmas Triptych , Created at Mirlo Studio from original cards by English visual artist Deenagh Miller. In 2024 Manuel started working in his first symphonic work, putting in music Dante's Divine Comedy...
FOUR SEASONS
In collaboration with Korean Visual Artist in Paris: Grace Hye.
WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST
Original composition, inspired by an artwork from Gonzalo Borges, as a source for generative music for the NFTs FOR PEACE by Curator Collective .
+ SOME OTHER WORKS ARE IN PROGRESS.
Since 2024, Manuel has been orchestrating quite a few pieces from the classical repertoire as well as writing orchestral covers from American musicals. Most of these different works have been commissioned by Orquesta Filarmonía de Madrid to be performed at Auditorio Nacional, Teatro Nuevo Alcalá and other venues in Madrid.
