Miguel Rincón

The Spanish lautenist, Miguel Angel Ramirez Rincón, studied at Manuel Castillo School of Music (Sevilla, Spain) with Juan Carlos Rivera where he received First Class Honours with distinction. Later he completed Master ?s degree under Xavier Díaz Latorre at Esmuc (The High School Music of Barcelona) and a further Master’s degree (Master in concert performance as soloist) at Zürich Hochschule Kunste der Musik, where he received lessons from Eduardo Egüez. He has attended numerous master-classes given by notable contemporary lutenists, such as: Rolf Lislevand, Robert Barto, Paul O'Dette, Hopkinson Smith,, etc in addition to studying chamber music with Vittorio Ghielmi, Paolo Pandolfo, Gabriel Garrido, and others.

Miguel Rincón is a lutenist playing a wide repertoire of early music on plucked string-instruments: Medieval Lute, Renaissance lute, Baroque lute, Baroque guitar, Vihuela, Chitarrone, Archlute and romantic guitar. He plays with a large number of renowned ensembles who are specialised in new ways of establishing authentic performance of Early Music and developing new methods for the improvisation. He has also performed alongside famous musicians in the international world of Early Music: Marta Almajano, Giovanni Antonini, Francesca Aspromonte, Emöke Barath, Stephano Barneschi, Cecilia Bartoli, Alfredo Bernardini, Giuseppina Birindelli, Pierre Cao, Enrico Casazza, Max Emanuele Cen?i?, Francesco Corti, Joyce DiDonato, Plácido Domingo, María Espada, Pedro Esteban, Franco Fagioli, Diego Fasolis, Adriana Fernández, Mariana Florès, Antonio Florio, Andrés Gabetta, Leonardo García-Alarcón, Gabriel Garrido, Vivica Genaux, Mira Glodeanu, Ann Hallenberg, Roberta Invernizzi, Philippe Jaroussky, Manfredo Kraemer, Roberta Mameli, Carlos Mena, Enrico Onofri, Patricia Petibon, Nuria Rial, Edgardo Rocha, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Nathalie Stutzmann, Furio Zanasi, etc.

Miguel Rincón is currently a freelance performing musician living in Basel, Switzerland.. He has been invited to play at numerous festivals and theatres all around the world (Europe, Asia, USA, South America). He performed at Wigmore Hall and Barbican (London, England), La SeineMusical, Philarmonie, Château de Versailles, Salle Cortot and Le théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris, France); StaatsOper & Philarmonie (Berlin, Germany); Royal Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Bijloke Theater (Ghent, Belgium); La Scala (Milan, Italy); Palau (Barcelona, Spain), Teatro Real, Teatro Nacional & Teatro de la Zarzuela (Madrid, Spain); Victoria Hall (Genève, Switzerland); Tonhalle (Zürich, Switzerland), Wien Konzerthaus (Austria); Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Oji Hall (Tokyo, Japan), Izumi Hall (Osaka, Japan); the Mozart Festival from Galicia (Spain), Estella early music week (Pais Vasco), Early music week from Barcelona [Auditorium], Kassel Theater, Freiburg Theater, Frankfurt Theater, Aranjuez, Utrecht Festival, Festival de Chiquitos (Bolivia), Froville le Romain (Francia), Luxemburgo theater, Mozarteum Argentino, Tetaro Solis (Uruguay), Thetaro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Sala São Paulo (Brazil), Chopin high school music (Varsovia), Casa de España (Panamá), Milán,Toulouse, Lyon, Venecia, Roma, Buenos Aires, Frankfurt Theater, Dresden, Minnesota, Washington, Montpellier, etc.

Miguel Rincón has made a number of acclaimed recordings for Warner Erato and Decca with ensembles such as Orfeo 55 (Director: Nathalie Stutzmann), on Warner Erato label) Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, I Barocchisti (Director: Diego Fasolis, on Decca label), Il Pomo d'Oro, Musiciens du Prince (Cecilia Bartoli/Gianluca Capuano), Capella Gabetta, Academia del Piacere (Fahmi AlqhaiGlossa & Harmonia Mundi labels), Seville Baroque Orchestra [Pierre Cao, Enrico Onofri…], etc. As a soloist, he has three solo recordings: one on the Baroque Lute dedicated to J.S. Bach (Carpe Diem Records); one on Renaissance lute with works by Spinacino, Schlick, Attaignant & Jan Ambrosio Dalza (Lindoro Records); and another one dedicated to Spanish Baroque guitar music (Lindoro Records). One fourth is coming with transcriptions for archlute of Cello Sonatas by J.S. Bach (Lindoro Records).