Miguel Villanueva

Miguel Ángel Villanueva is the most active flute soloist in Mexico.  His recordings include the complete works for flute by Mexican composer Eduardo Angulo, as well as the flute concertos by Eugenio Toussaint, Horacio Uribe, Lucía Álvarez and many others.

Besides his soloist career, Dr. Villanueva organizes the National Flute Festival and the National Flute Competition in Mexico City.

Born in México City, Mr. Villanueva started his musical studies at the Escuela Nacional de Música (UNAM) with Roxana Lara and Héctor Jaramillo.  In 1984 he entered the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris and the Conservatoire National de Region de Saint-Maur, in Paris, France, where he was awarded the Diplome Superieur d´Excecution and Médaille d´Or respectively.  His teachers include Jacques Royer (Orchestre de Paris), Ida Ribera (J. P. Rampal’s assistant), Shigenori Kudo (International soloist) and Michel Moragues (Orchestre National de France).  During his student years, he was awarded First Prize at both the Nerini and Bellan Competitions in Paris.   He also won Third Prize at the UFAM International Competition.  He has been invited to perform as soloist by the Münchener Streicher-Ensamble, the Orchestre de la Cité Universitaire and the most important orchestras in Mexico. He was also invited by the Berliner – Mozart Ensemble to perform as principal flute during a European tour.  As a recitalist, he has performed in México, France, England, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Austria, Portugal, Canada and the USA. As soloist he has performed in Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Canada and Mexico.

Mr. Villanueva holds a teaching position at both the Faculty of Music at the National University. In 2017 he became a Powell Flutes Artist.