Marcos Fernandez

Born in Barcelona, he was awarded a degree in Piano at Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya before moving to Glasgow to study Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and later at the Royal College of Music (London) gaining a Masters degree in Composition.

He used to play music at luxurious events in London, as well as ballet music for institutions such as the English National Ballet and The Michael Clark Dance. Later he performed classical recitals around the World, while developing his career as an opera, symphonic and film composer. He is now a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and lives in London and Barcelona.

His many international awards include: Societe Royale d’Harmonie (Belgium), the Composition award by the Fundacion Autor (Spain), The Prize Patrond’s Fund (UK) and the most prestigious award in composition in Spain given by the Association of Symphony Orchestras of Spain and the Fundación BBVA in 2017, which made “him the most performed composer in Spain for the next two seasons”, having his work performed by 30 professional orchestras.

Marcos has also produced soundtracks for image such as “Tuck me In” by Ignacio F. Rodó. Following the success of his first Opera ‘Noctum’, he collaborated with author and librettist David Almond to produce his second opera ‘Miracle!’. Scoring both plots inspired him to developed the music further into the creation of the concept of Piano Underscore and Guitar Underscore.