Born in Albacete (Spain), Doctor of Music from the U.A.X. and Professor ofGuitar at Madrid Royal Conservatory of Music, he received the following training and obtained thefollowing academic degrees:
Doctor in the line of music research by the Alfonso X el Sabio University of Madrid, with thethesis “Contributions of José Tomás (1934- 2001) to the evolution of the repertoire, interpretationand teaching of the guitar”, directed by Dr. G. Arriaga Moreno (2017)
Diploma of Advanced Studies in Musicology by Universidad Complutense de Madrid, withthe paper on the unpublished Tobarra manuscript “The Tobarra guitar music manuscript and themusician Robustiano Hernández”, directed by Dr. J. Suárez-Pajares (2011 )
Master of the Duetto School of Valencia in Repertoire and Guitar Performance withManuel Barrueco (1999).
High Professor Graduate of Guitar by the Superior Conservatory “Oscar Esplá” of Alicante,under the teaching direction of José Tomás (1993)
Later he continues his training at the Luthier School in Barcelona doing postgraduatestudies with Alex Garrobé and in the United Kingdom (Bath International Guitar Festival) with TomKerstens and José Tomás (1995-1996)
Superior Title of Music in Early Plucked Instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque in theRoyal Conservatory of Music in Madrid with the prestigious baroque guitarists and lutenists JoséMiguel Moreno and Juan Carlos de Mulder (2007)
Awarded with the International Prize "Andrés Segovia" for guitar in Compostela 1997.Honour Mention in the Chamber Music Contest in Manresa 1996.
He has received the masterclass teachings of classical & baroque guitar, lute or vihuelamasters and interpretation of early music such as Hopkinson Smith, John Griffiths, Robert Bartoand Jordi Savall. And of references in classical guitars worldwide such as David Russell, Eliot Fisk,Pepe Romero, Carles Trepat, José Luis Rodrigo or Demetrio Ballesteros.
His different performances are made with original instruments such as al-oud, medievalcittern, six courses vihuela de mano, eight courses lute, baroque guitar, thirteen courses theorbo,fourteen courses baroque lute and classical-romantic guitar, besides classical guitar.
He has made recordings for radio and television: RTVE, Radio Clásico, LT-8 Argentina, RadioCultura de Brasil. He is an artist of Mediaset TV Spain, for whom he has made audiovisual productions with baroque guitar that are broadcast on the television program Musical Cities ofTelecinco (Spain) and are broadcast on Iberia airplanes.
He has taught masterclass with classical guitar, baroque guitar, vihuela, tiorba and archluteand has performed continuously since 1990 tours of concerts alone, in chamber and with orchestras(Aranjuez and Andaluz Concerts, Vivaldi and Carulli concerts) in USA, France, Holland , Greece,Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Brazil. Among those are remarkable his performancesas a soloist with baroque music of Biber and Weiss in the Early Music Festival of Berkeley (USA), as asoloist in the world premiere of opera Juana at the Freud Theatre in UCLA (L.A., EE.UU) and hisperformance with early Spanish music for S.A.R. Queen Sofia of Spain and Mr. Ambassador of Spainin Athens (Greece). Ha has played at prestigious venues as Manuel de Falla Auditorium Granada,Theater Auditorium Cuenca, Teatro Principal Valencia, Manuel de Falla Auditorium Madrid, Parquede España Auditorium Rosario (Argentina), Bossi Hall Bologna (Italia) or Freud Theatre Los Angeles(EE.UU.).
He is a founding member of the ensemble "La Reverencia", and is usually invited tovarious ensembles of early music throughout Spain. He is a Resident Through-bass player withbaroque guitar, tiorba and archilaúd of the Albacete Symphony Orchestra and the PraeteritumEnsemble. He has performed at the International Festivals of Early Music in Úbeda, Gijón, Simatand Utrecht (Holland).
He has made premieres and first recordings of contemporary live composers such asSalvador Brotons, Enrique Igoa, Carla Lucero, Hernán Navarro, Roxana Paredes, Ignacio Sánchez orDavid Cuevas.
He has published 11 CDs, being a pioneer in the publication of multimedia CDs with audioincluding scores and musicological study, as well as a pioneer in the publication of live CDs withRenaissance, Baroque, classical and contemporary repertoire (Live in Berlin, QTV, 2014). He has alsopublished books and musical research articles for the I.E.A., Hispanica Lyra, Magazine of the S.G.R.,the musical research magazine of the CSMCLM Consonancias and Nombres propios de la guitarra inCórdoba Guitar Festival. For Chanterelle Ed. (Schott's Group), he has published The José Tomás GuitarAnthology, the first commercial publication based on hitherto unknown original manuscripts afterthe death of the maestro José Tomás.
He has given lectures, conferences, courses and masterclass at the Festivals:
“José Tomás - Villa de Petrer” International Guitar Festival Petrer, “Ciutat d'Elx” International GuitarFestival, Cartagena Guitar Week, “Alcudia Valley” Guitar Festival, CdM International Guitar Festival(Murcia), Córdoba International Guitar Festival, International Journals of Guitar of Valencia,University of Castilla la Mancha, Conservatory GB Martini of Bologna, Festival "Guitares du monde"Perpignan, ), Universidade de São Paulo & Fundação das artes (Brasil), Universidade do Minho(Portugal) and Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina), Joseph Haydn Musikhochschule(Austria).
After winning two teaching positions by opposition in different fields (M.E.C. , Junta deAndalucía), he is a titular professor, on leave, of Teachers of Music and Performing Arts Corps forthe specialty of Guitar, having been a Baroque Guitar and Guitar teacher in the Conservatories"Jerónimo Meseguer" of Almansa and "Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco" of Albacete ".
He worked as a Professor of Guitar, Baroque Guitar, Tablature and Continuo Bass of theConservatory of Music of Castile-La Mancha.
Since 2019 he is a Guitar Professor of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, where hewas the Master Degree in Spanish Music Coordinator and Director of RCSMM scientific journal Música. He has been part of the Scientific Committee of the journal Diacrítica of Universidade doMinho on several occasions.
He is artistic director of Ciudad de Albacete International Guitar Festival
The composer David del Puerto said, about his interpretations of music by Joaquín Rodrigo:“A splendid version, a true fountain of colors, so brave and contrasting in nuances”. Since LeoBrouwer highlighted the professionalism of his interpretations, the specialized critic has written:“His interpretation was impeccable, impressing the public despite the complexity of the worksaddressed with the guitar” (Violão Intercambio). “An exceptional concert, with an unquestionableattraction between virtuosity and emotion”, “One of the most outstanding European performers”(Tribuna). “A warm, deep and very human reading, in an admirably tainted vihuela” (CD Compact)."... deep expert of the repertoire, knowing how to transmit their language both with a carefulinterpretation and with specific explanations of the works performed." (La Nueva España). In 2024 the composer Salvador Brotons declared: “..a fabulous version, exemplary, of a mature youth”.
