He was born in Palacios de la Sierra (Burgos) in 1947.
His musical trainning has been supplemented on the conservatories of Madrid (1972 - 1976) and outside of Spain at the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome (1976 - 1978) as a student of Goffredo Petrassi and laMusikhochschule in Cologne, Germany (1978 - 1982)
Musician titled in the fields of Composition, Conducting and Piano.
He has been awarded in several competitions composition, including Manuel de Falla Award (Cádiz 1974), Rome Prize (1976), Diploma di Merito of Chigiana Accademia of Siena with Franco Donatoni (1978), End of career National Award, Art Award (Córdoba, 1978), First Prize in Composition for Spanish Lauds Orchestra (Ministry of Culture, 1980) and other competitions held in Cuenca (1981), Barcelona (1983), Zamora (1984), Gorizia (2014,Italia), Schweizerische Föderation Europa Cantat en Zurich (2015, Suisse)...
He lived two years in Italy and four in Germany to improve his studies, having won the Rome Prize from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and having alsogot a grant from the German Foundation of Alexander von Humboldt.
He has been commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, National Orchestra, National Radio, Choir and Orchestra of the Community of Madrid, Orfeo Catala, International Contest in Tolosa (Guipúzcoa) held by Juan de Borbón Foundation, Caja de Burgos, International Festival of Santander and Alicante, and other cultural institutions.
His works have been published, since 1985, at EMEC, CLIVIS, OPERA TRES and CM Musical Editions.
During the courses 1990 - 1992, he was Associate Professor at the University of Salamanca.
In 2012 he was awarded in Burgos the golden staff and the "PRIZE CITY of BURGOS" about creativity.
From 1988-2012 he was a professor of composition at the Conservatorio Superior of Salamanca. Today is devoted exclusively to the composition.
