MIQUEL VILLABA CASTELLS

Born in 1996 in Vilafranca del Penedès, he began his musical studies at the Clau de Sons school in the same town, expanded them at the IEA Oriol Martorell with teachers such as Mireia Datzira (piano) or Daniel Antolí (harmony and analysis ) has completed higher music studies at ESMUC in the specialty of Choir and Orchestra Conducting with teachers Johan Duijck and Salvador Brotons. There he was the driving force behind the school's own contemporary music ensemble. He has continued his piano training with the masters Adolf Pla (piano) and Joan Grimalt (orchestral reduction), and later completed his studies with the Master of Lied Victòria dels Àngels, also at ESMUC, under the mastership of Francisco Poyato , Assumpta Mateu, Josep Surinyac and Carmen Santamaría.

His specialist role is that of rehearsal pianist in opera productions (highlighting the participation in social projects at the Gran Teatre del Liceu or contemporary opera with the Chamber Choir of the Palau de la Música Catalana) or choirs (highlighting the production of Bach's Mass in B in 2022 with the Balthasar Neumann Chor or various productions with the Bruckner Barcelona Choir and the Zóngora Choir). He has also focused attention on chamber music, especially vocal, and performs lyrical recitals with various singers, such as Marina Torra, Neus Llorens or Maria Jurado, as well as piano four hands with the pianist Gerard Morató. He directs the DaCapo Choir of Tarragona and serves as deputy director of the Vilafranca Polyphonic Group.

He enriches his musical activity with modern music and interdisciplinary shows. To highlight the composition of choral arrangements by the group Tarta Relena, as part of the Sónar Festival, the interpretation of keyboards with the rock group Moratones, the lied/theatre show "Un mapa del cos" with the soprano Marina Torra and the visual artist Mariona Ríos and the dance/painting piece “Pig·ment” with the company Siroll.