Manuel Minguillón was born and raised in Madrid, Spain. He obtained his bachelor degree in guitar performance from the Conservatorio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial where he studied with Gerardo Arriaga. Captivated by the music of the Renaissance, he continued his studies in Early Plucked Instruments at the Conservatorio de Arturo Soria, in Madrid, with Jesús Sanchez. Subsequently, Minguillón studied in Seville with Juan Carlos Rivera at the Conservatory Manuel Castillo, and thereafter perfected his skills under the guidance of master lutenist Hopkinson Smith in Basel, Switzerland. In 2005 he completed a Master's Degree in Lute and Early Plucked Instruments with the world renowned lutenist Paul O'Dette at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York where he is currently completing a Doctorate in Musical Arts. Since 2004 he has served as Professor O'Dette's primary teaching assistant for lute at the Eastman School.
Manuel Minguillón has performed as both soloist and ensemble player in many countries (including Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Canada, Mexico, USA and United Kingdom), having appeared in, among other venues, the Auditorio Nacional de España and the Juan March Foundation, in Madrid, Spain; in the VII International Clavichord and Lute Symposium, Magnano, Italy; in the Early Music Festival of Rochester, New York; in the Ann Arbor Early Music Festival, Michigan; in the III International Conference on the transatlantic Baroque and in the London Early Music Festival, in London, Canada. He is a founder member of Ensemble Tarantella and the vihuela duo Delitiae Musicae which he has recently collaborated with the Spanish Embassy in Canada, performing various recitals in Montreal, Quebec, Toronto and Otawa. He is member of the multidisciplinary research group The Hispanic Baroque which he will be researching about Spanish Tonos Humanos of the Baroque until 2013. He currently lives and works in London, United Kingdom.