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Miguel is currently First Concertmaster of the Spanish National Orchestra (OCNE). Prize winner in the Max Rostal International Competition, First Prize in the Ibolyka-Gyarfas Violin Competition Berlin, First Prize in the Competition of Juventudes Musicales de España, the Conservatorio Statale di Fermo award at the Andrea Postacchini International Competition in Italy, and the First Prize, Special Award and Prize for the best performer of Spanish music in the “Villa de Llanes” International Violin Competition. He has recently performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York as the winner of the Orpheus Award in the Manhattan International Competition 2021.
As soloist, Colom has played with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE, Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Catalunya, Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Kölner Kammerorchestre, Adda Sinfónica, The World Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Freixenet, Orquesta Sinfónica de El Salvador, Orquesta Sinfónica del Vallés or the Orquesta de Cámara Andrés Segovia amongst others.
In parallel to his career as a soloist, Miguel Colom is an active performer in chamber music, having performed with artists such as Antje Weithaas, Rainer Schmidt, Denis Pascal, Cuarteto Quiroga, Cuarteto Casals, Artemis Quartet, Duo del Valle, Karl Leister, Pepe Romero, amongst others. He is currently a member of the Trío VibrArt, with the pianist Juan Pérez Floristán and the cellist Fernando Arias. He is regulary invited as concertmaster with renowned orchestras such as the Konzerthausorchestra Berlin, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Wiener Symphoniker, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Orquesta OBC, Orquesta del Palau de les Arts Valencia, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife and he has been invited to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Born in Madrid, he began to study violin with Sergio Castro and Anna Baget, then continued in some of Europe’s most prestigious institutions: Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, under Rainer Schmidt, the “Hanns-Eisler” Hochschule für Musik Berlin with Antje Weithaas and the Arts University of Berlin (UDK) with Nora Chastain. He has also participated in master classes with important musicians including Eberhard Feltz, Ferenc Rados, Ana Chumachenco, Claudio Martínez Mehner and Mauricio Fuks.
Since the 2021-2022 academic year, he is deputy professor at the Reina Sofía School of Music’s the Telefónica violin chair, together with head professor Christoph Poppen.