Sofía de Miguel Hoyuelos

Sofía de Miguel Hoyuelos

Born in Burgos, Spain, in 2005. Since 2024, she studies at the Reina Sofía School of Music's Fundación "la Caixa" French Horn Chair with professor Radovan Vlatković. She has been granted scholarships by Fundación Mª Cristina Masaveu Peterson and Fundación Albéniz.

She began her French horn education in her home town at thhe Enclave de Padroluengo Music School and furthered her training at the "Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos" Professional Conservatory. She has attended classes by professors incluiding Radovan Vlatković, José Miguel Asensi, Javier Molina, Rodolfo Epelde, Anaís Romero, Estefanía Beceiro, Matías Piñeira, Antoine Dreyfuss, Laurens Woudenberg, and Felix Klieser, entre otros.

She has collaborated with the Burgos Youth Symphony Orchestra, Soria Youth Symphony Orchestra and Burgos Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, in the 2023-2024 academic year she has been a member of the Academy of Orchestral Studies of the Barenboim-Said Foundation, with professors Alberto Menéndez and José Vicente Castelló.

In 2022 she obtained second place in the Castilla y León regional phase of the Intercentros Melómano competition and, in 2023, the Award as soloist in her category at the Muestra Musical Regino Sainz de la Maza in Burgos.

As a student of the School, she is part of the Cosan and the Cassadó ensembles.