Miguel Gil Ruiz
Specialty
Composition of contemporary music
Formation
Accredited Doctor of Musicology (Autonomous University) Graduated in Composition Summa Cum Laude (Berklee College of Music) Master in Carnatic Music (Amsterdam Conservatory). Numerous courses in composition (e.g., Tristan Murail, Rafael Reina, Luca Francesconi, James Woods…) and Electronic Music (Emiliano del Cerro, Alfredo Núñez…)
Career path
Rock and Jazz saxophone soloist in the 80s and 90s; Composer and producer of music for Theatre, Dance and Film (National Ballet of Cuba, La Abadía, National Drama Centre, RTVE, RNE, El Deseo…). 20 albums released as an improviser/composer.
Professor of Audiovisual Composition at the Higher Conservatory of Asturias. Multiple courses in music technology at conservatories throughout Spain.
Premio Madrid City-García matos of popular music. Award Broadcasting Art from RNE. Winner of the competition Madrid Open from the Altadís Foundation. Rome Prize of the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts.
Subjects and workshops
DEGREE IN MUSICAL COMPOSITION
-Composition (formerly World Music, Mathematical Logic and Aesthetics)
-MIDI Workshop
Research lines
Improvisation; Electroacoustic music; Music from other traditions.
Awards, mentions and recognitions
Rome Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
Villa de Madrid Award-García Matos of the Madrid City Council
RNE Broadcasting Art Award
Winner of the Madrid Open contest of the Altadís Foundation
Other merits
Scholarships and grants for projects: Ministries of Culture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berklee College of Music and AIE
Summa Cum Laude at Berklee College of Music