born in Sueca (Spain). Studied trombone, piano, singing, chorus and orchestra conducting, musicology and composition with R. Ramos, E. Cifre and M. Galduf, at the Conservatory of music of Valencia. He attended master classes of composition with José Luis Castillo, Mauricio Sotelo and José Manuel López López. Doctor from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He has also participated in master classes given by: L. Balada, J. L. Castillo, B. Ferneyhough, B. Furrer, C. Halffter, T. Hosokawa, M. Lavista, J. M. López, Luis de Pablo, J. M. Sánchez-Verdú, R. Sierra, S. Sciarrino, M. Trojan… Winner of prizes of composition he was First Prize of the Instituto Nacional de la Juventud (2004), Oïda (2001), Prize Luis Morondo (2007), Matilde Salvador (2007), better original music short films (Mostra de Cinema Jove de Elche, 2011 and K-Lidoscopi, 2012) and finalist of the Bell’Arte Europa (2005), Pablo Sorozábal (2001) and ALEA III International Composition Prize (2007). He received commissions from several official and private institutions as well as from numerous individual performers such as: INAEM (Spanish Ministry of Culture), JONDE (Young National Orchestra of Spain), CDMC, IVM (Valencian Music Institute), Auditorio Nacional (National Auditorium), Fundación Carlos de Amberes,  Festival Ensems, Festival Mixtur, Ascolta ensemble, Quatuor Tana, French Ministry of Culture, Fest-Clásica, Grup instrumental de València, Dynamis Ensemble, Nexeduet, Kontakte grup de percussió, Amores Grup de percussió, NEXEnsemble, Duometrie, Brenno Ambrosini,  Sisco Aparici, TDM Trío de Magia, Synergein Project or Feedback trio.

WORKS

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His works have been selected or commissioned by different competitions, festivals or sound platforms from around the world, his performers being: Solists Intercontemporain Ensemble, Proyecto Guerrero, Arditti Quartet, Quatuor Tana, Mivos Quartet, Court-circuit, Grup Instrumental, Espai Sonor, Zahir Ensemble, NeoArs Ensemble, NEXEnsemble, Plural Ensemble, Ensemble Kuraia, Grupo Enigma, Sonido Extremo, Spanish Brass, Fukio Ensemble, Sigma Project, Symphonic orchestra of Castilla and León, Orchestra of Valencia, JONDE (Young National Orchestra of Spain), JOGV (young orchestra of Generalitat Valenciana) , Ensemble del Carnegie Mellon, Trío Arbós, B3 Brouwer Trío, TDM Trío de Magia, Feedback, Alter Face, Amores grup de percussió, Synergein Project, Municipal Winds orchestras of Barcelona, Bilbao or Palma de Mallorca, Brenno Ambrosini, Ananda Sukarlan, Ricardo Descalzo, Christian Dierstein, Pedro Carneiro, Marcus Weiss, Marie Bernadette, Sisco Aparici, Juanjo Llopico, Ricard Capellino, José Antonio López, Andrés Gomis, Josep Puchades, Carlos Gil, Maria Rubio, Xelo Giner…

His works are published by Babelscores, SB edicions and Ediciones Piles.

He has been composer-in-residence of the Group Instrumental de Valencia, in 2001-02, JONDE (Young National Orchestra of Spain), in 2005-06 and MNCARS (Auditorio 400 at the Reina Sofia National Art Centre Museum) in 2009, JOGV (young orchestra of Generalitat Valenciana) in 2009/10 SOMELGRUP FESTIVAL (2018), AGORA FESTIVAL (2019) and SBALZ Festival (2018). Artistic director of the Mostra Sonora in Sueca (2005-2017). He is currently a composition teacher at the Higher Conservatory of Music of Valencia and artistic director of the Ensems Festival.