Manuel Arellano Bover

An engaging, versatile musician, Manuel Arellano-Bover combines his conducting activities with his passion for the violin and teaching music.

Manuel is in high demand as a music teacher both in Spain and the UK. For the last seven years he organizes the Summer School for young musicians at Blackheath Conservatoire of Music (London), and has been appointed twice the artistic director for the project Todos Creamos, an annual event which takes place at the Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid) and comprises three Spanish schools together with the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical - CNDM. Manuel has worked as a violin tutor in London at Blackheath Conservatoire of music and for the Tri-borough Music Hub. He has worked for the London Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the teaching staff for the LPO Have a Go Instrument Sessions run by the Southbank Centre and has held violin teaching positions in Spain at the EMM Can Fargues, Escola Municipal de Música i Dansa de Mollet del Vallès, Fundació Collserola, Espai Musical de Moià and as a music teacher at The English School (Barcelona). He has been co-director of Academy Mozartinies, a music academy for children based in London, and is currently part of the violin teaching staff at the Victòria dels Àngels music school/conservatoire in Sant Cugat (Barcelona).

As a violinist and chamber musician Manuel was one of the founders of the Bedriska Trio, an award-winning Piano Trio based in London. With the Bedriska Trio Manuel won the 1st Prize in the 2012 Cavatina Chamber Music Competition, and was awarded twice the John Thompson Prize for chamber music.

Manuel studied violin with Olga Vilkomirskaia, a pupil of David Oistrakh, at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Badajoz (Spain) where he graduated with first class honours in violin performance. He continued his studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, holding the Gladys Bratton Scholarship, where he finished his Master’s degree with distinction. He also finished a Postgraduate Artist Diploma at Trinity Laban under the tutelage of Mayumi Fujikawa and John Crawford.

Manuel also has extensive experience as a conductor and has conducted orchestras in prestigious venues in the UK and Spain such as St Martin-in-the-Fields (London) and the Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid). He is the founder and conductor of the Siegfried Camerata, a young professional orchestra based in London. Manuel has been offered a place twice at the International Conductors Masterclass “El Escorial” with renowned conductor Jorma Panula and Atso Almila, kindly supported by the Richard Carne Trust, as well as being selected to participate at the conducting seminar of the Aurora Chamber Music Festival (Trollhättan, Sweden) with Kurt Masur.