Carlos Mena & Manuel Minguillón
Biography Carlos Mena & Manuel Minguillón
Carlos Mena
The countertenor Carlos Mena was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, and studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB) in Basel under Richard Levitt and René Jacobs. He has sung for audiences around the world and his operatic rôles have included the title-rôle in Handel’s Radamisto in Salzburg, Speranza in Monteverdi’s Orfeo in Berlin, Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Madrid and the same composer’s Death in Venice in Barcelona. His recordings have brought a number of international awards. Carlos Mena also includes Lieder and contemporary music in his repertoire. In 2009 he founded the Capilla Santa Maria, of which he is the chief conductor.
Manuel Minguillón
was born in Madrid, Spain, where he obtained a double bachelor degree in guitar performance and early plucked instruments. Minguillón perfected his skills under the guidance of master lutenist Hopkinson Smith in Basel, Switzerland. Afterwards, he studied a Master's Degree and Doctorate in Early Plucked Instruments with the world-renowned lutenist Paul O'Dette at the Eastman School of Music, In New York.
