Biography

He was born in Vilanova de Arousa (Pontevedra, Spain). He studied percussion at the Vigo Conservatory of Music with Professor Carlos Castro, at ESMAE (Porto) with Miguel Bernat, at the Castellon Conservatory with Josep Vicent and at the Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (USA) with Robert Van Sice and Jonathan Haas. He has a Master in Music Research degree from the International University of Valencia and is currently studying for a degree in Musicology from the same university and a PhD in Music from the University of Aveiro (Portugal). He complemented his instrumental training by receiving percussion lessons from Tom Freer (The Cleveland Orchestra), Chris Lamb (New York Philharmonic) and Markus Leoson (International Solist) and attending courses taught by teachers such as L.H. Stevens, E. Sejourne, N. Woud, J. Putjens, A. Loguin, M. Rosen, S. Shick, D. Samuels, P. Yancich, M. Rothen and C. Dierstein, among others. He has collaborated with groups such as Fonos21, Barcelona 216, Trio Drummedarios, CGAC Instrumental Group, Jonde Percussion Group, The Peabody Percussion Group, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Xoven Orchestra of Galicia, among others. He has participated in several festivals of contemporary music in Germany, Sweden, Holland, England, France, Switzerland, Portugal, Mexico, Switzerland, USA and Spain. He is currently a percussionist with the Vertixe Sonora Ensemble, a group with which he develops intense activity of concerts, premieres and recordings of works by young composers from all over the world with the aim of spreading the most avant-garde trends in contemporary music, as well as developing debut works for solo percussion. He premiered more than 150 works composed by himself or for groups in which he participated. He received the End of Career Honor Award at the Vigo Conservatory of Music (1997), the first place with Honour Mention from the Jury in the Spanish Youth Musical Competition (Bocairent, 1999) and won ex aequo the III Cycle of Young Interpreters organized by the Pedro Barrié de la Maza Foundation (1999). He was also a scholar of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra and Johns Hopkins University. As a teacher he has performed his professional work at the A Coruña Conservatory of Music and currently at the Xoán Montes Conservatory of Music in Lugo and at the University of Aveiro, besides giving courses and workshops. He has been the artistic director and coordinator of the Lugo’s “MIHLSons-XXI” Contemporary Music Concert Series since 2013.

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