Madrid, Spain, 29/11/57
EDUCATION
In 1972 he moved to Barcelona, where he studied solfege, classical and flamenco guitar, classical and jazz piano, jazz orchestration, harmony, counterpoint and musical forms at the Advanced Music Conservatory and Modern Music and Jazz School.
In 1985 he won a scholarship and moved to Vienna, Austria, to round off his composition studies at the Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts.
Since 1989, driven by a thirst for inner growth, he has travelled assiduously to India, where he has studied classical Indian music with S.B. Shrivastava. In Calcutta in 1995 he was initiated into the playing of the sarod (a 25-stringed Indian instrument) with Shyamal Nath, a disciple of Master Ali Akbar Khan. In this seven-year period he took a deep interest in the rhythms, scales and modes of sarod music.
PERSONAL CAREEL
From 1974 to 1980 he played live and recorded with Jaume Sisa and Gato Pérez. He participated in the Dagoll Dagom company’s theatrical extravaganzas “Antaviana” and “La nit de Sant Joan”, as musician and musical director.
From 1987 to 1992 he recorded with Luis Eduardo Aute, Pablo Guerrero and Suso Saiz. In 1992 he began working closely with composer and wind performer Javier Paxariño, participating in Paxariño’s albums Espacio Interior, Pangea and Temura, as well as a multitude of live concerts.
From 1995 to 1998 he accompanied Luis Eduardo Aute on tours and in concerts. He was also pianist and arranger for Aute’s album Aire invisible.
For six years starting in 1987 he worked for the companies Sintonía and ADV as composer and music producer for the AV world, in his more commercial facet of musical composition.
In 1990 he founded Taxi Records, an independent recording label to promote almost-unknown Spanish music of great artistic value. There he produced several albums. Taxi Records was one of the pioneering Spanish labels in what is called “new musics”.
From 1994 to 1996 he acted as technical director of music at the World Music Festival at Sierra de Gata, Cáceres.
In 1996 he was producer, arranger and performer on Javier Paxariño’s album Perihelión and Dina Rot’s CD Una manu tumo l’otra. He also produced and composed a disk with Silvia Nakkach, a singer and composer living in San Francisco, California.
In 1998 he recorded and toured with the group RadioTarifa.
In 1999 he produced Greta y los Garbo.
From 1998 to 2000 he toured Spain and America with the Iberian Dance Company and its show “Bailando en el tiempo”, which included various compositions of his.
In 2001 he was on the latest disk by Artenara.
From 1998 to the present he has belonged to the Eliseo Parra Band, with which he has toured Spain, Europe and America.
WORK WITH OTHER ARTISTS
From 1974 to 1980 he played live and recorded with Jaume Sisa and Gato Pérez. He participated in the Dagoll Dagom company’s theatrical extravaganzas “Antaviana” and “La nit de Sant Joan”, as musician and musical director.
From 1987 to 1992 he recorded with Luis Eduardo Aute, Pablo Guerrero and Suso Saiz. In 1992 he began working closely with composer and wind performer Javier Paxariño, participating in Paxariño’s albums Espacio Interior, Pangea and Temura, as well as a multitude of live concerts.
From 1995 to 1998 he accompanied Luis Eduardo Aute on tours and in concerts. He was also pianist and arranger for Aute’s album Aire invisible.
For six years starting in 1987 he worked for the companies Sintonía and ADV as composer and music producer for the AV world, in his more commercial facet of musical composition.
In 1990 he founded Taxi Records, an independent recording label to promote almost-unknown Spanish music of great artistic value. There he produced several albums. Taxi Records was one of the pioneering Spanish labels in what is called “new musics”.
From 1994 to 1996 he acted as technical director of music at the World Music Festival at Sierra de Gata, Cáceres.
In 1996 he was producer, arranger and performer on Javier Paxariño’s album Perihelión and Dina Rot’s CD Una manu tumo l’otra. He also produced and composed a disk with Silvia Nakkach, a singer and composer living in San Francisco, California.
In 1998 he recorded and toured with the group RadioTarifa.
In 1999 he produced Greta y los Garbo.
From 1998 to 2000 he toured Spain and America with the Iberian Dance Company and its show “Bailando en el tiempo”, which included various compositions of his.
In 2001 he was on the latest disk by Artenara.
From 1998 to the present he has belonged to the Eliseo Parra Band, with which he has toured Spain, Europe and America.