Professor of Repentization, instrumental transposition, and accompaniment at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid. Professor of Piano Improvisation at the Reina Sofía School of Music. Professor of Improvisation at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. Higher studies in Piano, Violin, Composition, Orchestra Conducting, Choir Conducting, Musical Pedagogy, Chamber Music, and Accompaniment.
End of Degree Award. International courses in Granada, Santiago de Compostela, Villafranca del Bierzo, San Sebastián, Nice, Munich… with masters Cervera, C. Bernaola, T. Marco, L. de Pablo, C. Halffter, E. Jordá, P. Juseau, Quatrocchi, and S. Celebidache. Degree in Philosophy and Arts.
Composer: awards in the “Ciudad de Granada”, “Manuel Valcárcel” of Santander, “Luis Cóleman”, and “José Miguel Ruiz Morales” of Santiago de Compostela competitions. Also awarded in the “Manuel Palau” Orchestra Conducting Competition in Valencia. Recordings of his works in the studios of Radio Nacional de España, Radio 2.
Premieres in Spain (Teatro Real de Madrid, Summer Courses of Santiago de Compostela, Festival of Contemporary Music of Alicante…) and America (Argentina, Peru, Mexico…). He specializes in Piano-Improvisation Concerts. Pedagogue. A pioneer in the introduction and development of Improvisation within the musical didactics of Spanish Conservatories, he has carried out extensive research on Improvisation and the development of creativity applied to the methodology of teaching different musical specialties.
Creator and President of the Institute of Musical Education (IEM) and promoter of the Summer Courses of Improvisation and Musical Pedagogy of Toledo and Cáceres focused on Improvisation as a Pedagogical System. More information at www.iem2.com.
Publications: Music. Artistic education in Primary (in collaboration with Encarnación López de Arenosa). Figured bass. Baroque figured bass. The Accompaniment of Melody (with Miguel Asins and Camilo Williart). “Treatise on Piano Improvisation”. “Improvisation and Accompaniment”. “Improvisation in Musical Language”. Complementary Piano. Harmony (with Daniel Roca and Ignacio Cabello). All of them published in Real Musical.
Musical language (with Mª Antonia Roncero, Pilar Ariño, and Lola Fernández); Theory Notebooks (with Ana López); Listening Notebooks (with Pedro Cañada and Ana López); Guitar Improvisation; Choir (with Sonia Rivas, Inma Arroyo, and Lola Navarro); Piano (with Cristina Molina)… and a long etc. All of them published in Enclave Creativa. More information at www.enclavecreativa.com.
He has also published a series of articles dedicated to improvisation and related topics. He is invited to teach Piano Improvisation and Improvisation applied to musical education courses by conservatories, Universities, cultural departments of the autonomous communities, and Spanish musical institutions, the Sibelius Academy of Finland, SIEM of Italy, the Brussels Conservatory, the National Conservatory of Mexico D.F., the Veracruzana University, and the University of Nuevo León in Mexico.
Bibliography: Spanish musicians of all time. Editorial Tres, Madrid, 1984. Tomás Marco: History of Spanish music, Vol. 6. 20th century. Great encyclopedia of the Region of Murcia.