MANTIS FESTIVAL 26-27 Feb 2026 - Miquel Bernat & Novars composers
FULL PROGRAMME NOTES AS PDF HERE Short Programme Notes 26 February 2026 13:10 h Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert with Miquel Bernat Biography Miquel Bernat is a Spanish percussionist, educator, and ensemble director widely regarded as one of the leading figures in contemporary percussion. Trained at conservatories in Valencia, Madrid, Brussels, and Rotterdam, he has premiered major percussion concertos by composers including David del Puerto, César Camarero, Luis de Pablo, Mauricio Sotelo, and Joan Guinjoan, performing with orchestras and ensembles across Europe and beyond. A founding member of the Ictus Ensemble in Brussels and a longtime collaborator with choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's company ROSAS, Bernat has performed at prestigious venues including IRCAM/Centre Pompidou, the Barbican Centre, and the Opéra de Paris. He founded DRUMMING: Grupo de Percussão in Porto, which became a Resident Group during Porto's year as European Capital of Culture in 2001. He ...
