AUTHOR OF MÚSICA PARA DISFRUTAR

David de Miguel.

Every page begins at the piano and in the classroom.

Pianist, composer and teacher. He creates arrangements and books so that difficulty never stands between you and the music that moves you.Pianist, composer and teacher. He creates arrangements and books so that difficulty never stands between you and the music that moves you.

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David de Miguel, pianist, teacher and author of Música para disfrutar — Pianist Teacher Author

HIS WORKING METHOD

Making a work more accessible without taking away its voice.

Adapting is not about removing notes until a piece becomes easy. It is about understanding what gives it its identity and carefully deciding what the person learning it needs.Adapting is not removing notes: it is preserving the work’s identity and making the path easier for the learner.

Actual score page from Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2, arranged and fingered by David de Miguel — Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2 · Actual score from the collection

Listen for what is essential.

Before writing, he identifies the character, phrasing, harmony and voices that allow the work to remain itself.He identifies the character, phrasing, harmony and voices that sustain the work.

Think from the learner’s perspective.

Daily experience with students helps him anticipate where reading breaks down, which coordination feels too demanding and which fingering genuinely helps.Experience with students reveals where reading breaks down and which fingering genuinely helps.

Edit for playing.

Arrangement, fingering, pedal, breathing, layout and recording are shaped as one experience: sitting at the piano and being able to make music.Arrangement, fingering, pedal and layout are shaped so that sitting at the piano means making music.

JOURNEY

A journey devoted to playing, creating and sharing music.

The piano has been part of David de Miguel’s life since he was six. That early calling led him to rigorous training and, in 2013, to graduate as a performer—with the highest marks—from the Higher Conservatory of Music of Castilla y León. Since then, his work has brought together four mutually enriching facets: performance, composition, teaching and music publishing.The piano has been part of David de Miguel’s life since he was six. That early calling led him to rigorous training and, in 2013, to graduate as a performer—with the highest marks—from the Higher Conservatory of Music of Castilla y León. Since then, his work has brought together four mutually enriching facets: performance, composition, teaching and music publishing.

David de Miguel performing at the piano — David de Miguel Performing at the piano

PERFORM AND COMPOSE

Understand, interpret and create.

David sees the piano as a way to explore and communicate musical ideas. Understanding how a work is built, how its language breathes and what character it conveys guides both his performance and his own music. This perspective gave rise to Serendipity, his solo piano album, released in 2018.David sees the piano as a way to explore and communicate musical ideas. Understanding how a work is built, how its language breathes and what character it conveys guides both his performance and his own music. This perspective gave rise to Serendipity, his solo piano album, released in 2018.

TEACH

See through the learner’s eyes.

At his piano academy in Oviedo, he works every day with students of different levels and learning paces. This experience helps him identify what makes reading difficult, which coordination is unnecessarily complex, and which explanation or fingering can make a musical idea understandable and playable.At his piano academy in Oviedo, he works every day with students of different levels and learning paces. This experience helps him identify what makes reading difficult, which coordination is unnecessarily complex, and which explanation or fingering can make a musical idea understandable and playable.

EDIT AND PUBLISH

Every facet in one collection.

Música para disfrutar grows out of the meeting of these experiences. In every book, David turns musical analysis and daily work with students into accessible arrangements, carefully considered fingerings, clear pages and reference recordings. The aim is to ease the path towards each work without erasing its language, character or emotion.Música para disfrutar grows out of the meeting of these experiences. In every book, David turns musical analysis and daily work with students into accessible arrangements, carefully considered fingerings, clear pages and reference recordings. The aim is to ease the path towards each work without erasing its language, character or emotion.

Ultimately, every book is a new way of sharing the same passion for music that began at the piano in childhood.Every book shares the same passion for music that began at the piano in his childhood.

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HIS PUBLISHING WORK

Books made to be played.

His publishing work follows two complementary paths: the Great Composers collection, which brings essential repertoire closer through easy piano versions, and Reading Challenge, a progressive method for gaining fluency and independence when approaching a new score.His publishing work follows two complementary paths: the Great Composers collection, which brings essential repertoire closer through easy piano versions, and Reading Challenge, a progressive method for gaining fluency and independence when approaching a new score.