Miguel Pérez-Espejo Cárdenas, violin
Fulbright Scholar and winner of the Olga Koussevitzky Competition in New York City, violinist Miguel Pérez-Espejo Cárdenas is recognized as “an extraordinary violinist and a human being of impeccable character, with an outstanding ability to interpret from the heart” (Aaron Rosand). His performances have been praised by critics from The Boston Globe to The Daily Telegraph (UK).
Miguel Pérez-Espejo Cárdenas is recognized as “an extraordinary violinist and a human being of impeccable character, with an outstanding ability to interpret from the heart” (Aaron Rosand), “…a very strong leader… a magnificent soloist, with a beautiful tone, impeccable intonation and rhythm… wonderful musicianship and artistic sensibility” (Stanislaw Skrowaczewski), whose performances have been praised by critics from The Boston Globe to The Daily Telegraph (U.K.), the chief music critic of which, Mr. Geoffrey Norris, wrote about him: “It was extremely impressive, and I was struck particularly by the Bach Chaconne, of exceptional maturity and expressive depth”.
Dr. Pérez-Espejo has concertized widely in Spain, Europe, Asia, and the United States in venues that include Lincoln Center in New York, Symphony Hall and Jordan hall in Boston, the Auditorio Nacional (National Auditorium) and Teatro Monumental in Madrid, and the Palau de la Música in Valencia. He performs regularly with the Boston Symphony Orchestra during the regular and Tanglewood seasons, and on tour, with some of the great conductors of our time, including Andris Nelsons, Gustavo Dudamel, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Bernard Haitink, Charles Dutoit, Christoph von Dohnányi, and Herbert Blomstedt.
A pupil of the legendary Aaron Rosand, his teachers include Michèle Auclair, Eric Rosenblith, and Joaquín Palomares, and has received special private instruction from the late Pina Carmirelli, founder of I Musici. He holds degrees with the highest Honors and Distinctions from the Murcia Superior Conservatory (“Profesor Superior de Violín"), the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston (B.M.; M.M.), as well as the Artist Diploma from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Boston University. He is affiliated faculty at Tufts and Harvard universities, and in the summer, he teaches at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.