Madrid, Spain, 29/11/57

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      MUSICAL EDUCATION

 

  • Guitar and pop music, self-taught (1966-1972
  • Composition at the Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna  (1985/86)
  • Solfege, harmony, counterpoint, forms, classical guitar and piano at the Lyceum Conservatory in Barcelona and the Municipal Conservatory in Badalona (1973-1985
  • Graduate’s certificate from the Barcelona Modern Music and Jazz School (1979-1983)
  • Composition with Joan Albert Amargós  (1980/82)Counterpoint and acoustics at the Phonos electroacoustic music studio with Gabriel Brnscs (1981/83)
  • Classical guitar with Francisco Soler (1974/79)
  • Classical piano with Angel Soler, Marta Poal and Laura Lombardi (1978-1985)
  • Jazz piano with Álvaro Is (1981/83)
  • Voice studies with Ana Ricci (1978-1981)
  • Flamenco guitar with Francisco and Bertrán Espinosa (1973/77)
  • Voice studies with Dina Roth (1995/1996)
  • Classical Indian music studies and sarod (classical Indian instrument) with S.B. Shrivastava (1990/1993) and Shyamal Nath (1994/97)
  • Advanced ear training with Hebe Oneste (2002/07)
  • Study of Turkish Tasawuf music for dervish dancing (2004-2007) Seminars on orchestra conducting (Sergiu Celibidache technique) with Juan María Esteban del Pozo (2002/05)

                              

          TEACHING  EXPERIENCE

  • Private classes in harmony, counterpoint, composition, guitar and piano (1983-2008)
  • Teaching position in classical harmony and counterpoint at the Maese Pedro School (1994-2004)
  • Teaching position in jazz harmony, arrangements and composition at Escuela de Música Creativa de Madrid (1990-1997)
  • Teaching position in harmony and arrangements at the Barcelona Modern Music and Jazz School (1983-1985)
  • Courses on voice and musical creativity (1992-2008)
  • Position as facilitator of communication and harmonization courses for groups (teachers and corporate teams) (1999-2003)

          SPIRITUAL AND THERAPEUTIC TRAINING

  • Hatha yoga (1973-1980)
  • Kundalini yoga and white Tantra (1989-1994)
  • Training in the healing technique “Sat Nam Rasayan” (1990-2002)
  • Devotional yoga with Master Sathya Sai Baba (1989-1996)
  • Sufi yoga with Master Mawlana Sheih Nasim (2004-2007)
  • The Hoffman process (1994 & 1995)
  • Work in the social services area in the Sathya Sai Baba spiritual organisation, 1989-1995. Coordination of the Madrid centre and nationwide coordination, including the coordination of shipments of humanitarian aid during the Croatian war.
  • Two years’ research (1995-1997) into clinical hypnosis and music therapy with Luís Gómez, specialist in Milton Erickson. Various performances.