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Born in Madrid in 1983, he began his musical studies (piano and clarinet) at the Music Conservatory of Cuenca, in central Spain. In 1998, he moved to Luxembourg, his father’s home country, where he continued his studies at the Music Conservatory of Luxembourg. It was there, while studying piano, organ, chamber music, music history, and other disciplines, that he developed a strong interest in music theory and composition.
His studies in Luxembourg led to his admission to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), where he pursued advanced training in harmony, counterpoint, fugue, 20th-century music writing, orchestration, analysis, and conducting. He graduated in 2011 with a Master’s degree in Music Writing.
The supportive musical environment in Luxembourg has allowed him to develop a career as a freelance composer and conductor since 2003.
His catalogue now includes over 170 works across a broad range of genres, from chamber music and film music to symphonic repertoire.
His works have been performed across Europe, as well as in the USA, China, and Russia, by ensembles such as the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein, the MDR-Sinfonieorchester, the Philharmonie Zuidnederland, the contemporary music ensemble United Instruments of Lucilin, and the Orchestre National de France, under the direction of conductors such as John Axelrod, Pierre Cao, Wayne Marshall, and Carlo Jans, and performed by soloists such as Nikolai Saratovsky, Jean Muller, and Marc-André Teruel.
As a conductor, he has worked with ensembles including the Luxembourg Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg, the Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein, the Solistes Européens Luxembourg, and the Estro Armonico Orchestra (Luxembourg).
In 2020, he received a Composer Award from the International Classical Music Awards, an association of leading European music journalists.
He currently teaches in the Music Theory Department at the Music Conservatory of Luxembourg, combining his pedagogical work with an active career as a composer and conductor.
(Updated: 31/03/2026)
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