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Today, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic welcomes final year students from the RNCM’s two-year Postgraduate Conducting programme. This is an unrivalled opportunity for them to conduct a professional broadcast orchestra as part of their final assessment.

Across two concerts on 26 April, we’ll hear from four of the most exciting young musicians on the cusp of their international career, as they showcase their talent. (please apply for tickets to the first concert separately).

In this concert, starting at 4.15pm, we hear from Phil Trudgeon and Miguel Sepúlveda, conductors. Phil, who was Assistant Director of Music Training at the Royal Marines School of Music before entering the RNCM’s Masters Conducting programme, conducts Michael Daugherty’s Rio Grande. Miguel conducts Stravinsky’s The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento, just a sample of his wide ranging repertoire gained since completing his piano studies in Lisbon.

Programme

Michael Daugherty Rio Grande
Igor Stravinsky The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

Philip Trudgeon
Miguel Sepúlveda
conductors

Artist Biographies

Phil Trudgeon

Phil (2nd year Masters) joined the Royal Marines School of Music in September 2000. He was a percussionist with the Royal Marines Band Portsmouth and subsequently the Royal Marines Band Scotland, before completing the Royal Marine Bandmasters’ Course in 2013. Phil is also a keen arranger and has had various arrangements performed at the Mountbatten Festival of Music, including Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall and Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven and most recently Simon and Garfunkel’s Sound of Silence which has over 1.5 million views on YouTube. Phil enjoys working with many civilian ensembles including Cory Brass Band and his own professional Big Band, ‘Rhythm & Fuse’. Having commissioned in 2019, Phil was Assistant Director of Music Training at the Royal Marines School of Music before entering the RNCM’s Masters Conducting programme.

Miguel Sepúlveda

Miguel (2nd year Masters) completed piano studies with distinction in Lisbon, during which he played with the Schostakovich Ensemble, working with Adrian Brendel and Pascal Moraguès, among others. He started his Conducting studies with Jean-Marc Burfin before entering Mark Heron and Clark Rundell’s class at the RNCM in 2021. During his first year he obtained a lot of experience in a wide range of repertoire - from early music to working with contemporary composers - as well as varied orchestral experience including Opera and Ballet. As part of his studies, he works as assistant conductor at the ´óÏó´«Ã½, RLPO and Psappha, and had masterclasses with Domingo Hindoyan, Omer Meir Wellber and Sir Mark Elder, amongst others. In Opera, he was assistant to Peter Whelan on Le Nozze di Figaro. He also worked with ensembles such as the Liverpool Mozart Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and New Sinfonia. In Portugal, he continues to work with professional orchestras having conducted three different projects this last summer.