Over 10 years as head of the Composition Department at the Valencia Professional Conservatory of Music
Professor since 2003
Curricula developer for public conservatories
Author of two harmony books published by Impromptu: Ejercitacion Armonica, Book 1 and Book 2
President of the Valencia Composers Association (COSICOVA), 2005–2007
Guest composer for 5 Tage fur Neue Musik festival in Zurich with soloists Branimir Slokar, Claude Delangle, and Mel Culbertson
Private lessons of contemporary composition in London with Hilda Paredes and psychology at Valencia University

Awards

Recipient of over 20 composition awards, highlighting “Hellenikon Idyllion” (Olympic Games, Athens, 2004)
City of Madrid Award (2005)
European Young Composers Award (Belgium, 2007)
Daniel Young Composers Award (Israel, 2008)
City of Alicante Award
Villa de Benidorm First Prize and Special Prize by audience rating
Fallera of Valencia Prize
Tolosako Musika Banda First Prize
Hellenikon Idyllion Award for the Olympic Games in Athens
Second prize in Castellon Government Contest, conducting the Navajas Wind Band

Education

School Name

Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

Country

Spain

Degree

Master of Arts (MA)

Field of Study

Orchestral Conducting

Date Degree Received

2021
School Name

Conservatorio Superior de Música de Valencia

Country

Spain

Degree

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Field of Study

Composition

Date Degree Received

2002
School Name

Conservatorio Jose Iturbi

Country

Spain

Degree

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Field of Study

Percussion Performance

Date Degree Received

2002

In Their Own Words

"I want my students, young people with high expectations, to enjoy the same experience that I've lived in my growth as a musician. I believe that happiness and effectiveness in the progress of a student is not caused by the student’s musical level, but by the direction and speed of their educational experiences. So the secret of happiness and motivation is not a point of musical level: it is the slope on which the student is advancing."

"When I’m teaching composition or any related subject, I am looking especially at motivation and involvement of each member of the class, however large it may be, and however high the musical level we are talking about, either in tonal harmony or orchestral composition. My deep involvement in the class has to be exactly the same with each one of my students. Each student is a new world that I have to discover."