BIOGRAPHY

Born in Sagunto in 1977. He studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Música in Valencia, obtaining in 1997 the Advanced Saxophone Degree and the Graduation Honors Award.

He later furthered his studies with prominent national and international saxophonists such as Antonio Daniel Huguet, Enrique Pérez, Miguel Llopis, Daniel Deffayet, Andrés Gomis, Vincent David, Nikita Zimin, Jean Denis Michat, among others.

He has worked as a music teacher in secondary schools and music academies. He has performed in numerous concerts as a soloist and is a founding member of the saxophone quartets as Mallorca Sax Quartet and Studel Sax, as well as collaborating with the Madrid Municipal Symphonic Band and the “City of Palma” Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra.

As a composer, his works include several concertos for solo saxophone and symphony orchestra, as well as pasodobles, pieces for symphonic band, and other compositions for diverse instruments, some of which have been awarded and performed in competitions and festivals, such as his symphonic poem “Terra de Conquestes”, which was the mandatory piece in Section 1 of the 47th Provincial Competition of Valencia in 2024. He was also commissioned to compose the pasodoble dedicated to the 2025 Fallera Mayor Infantil of Valencia, Lucía García.

He has been a faculty member of the Municipal Band of Palma de Mallorca since 1999 and is currently, having earned the position through competitive examination, the saxophone professor of the Valencia Municipal Symphonic Band since 2006.

COMPULSORY PIECE: «Leyendas del Bosque»

This work is composed of three movements, each representing a different action, it is a journey through a forest where three different stories unfold, all happening in this forest full of life and magical tales.

The first movement, “El despertar de las almas”, with an Adagio-Andante-Adagio tempo, has a generally legato character, showcasing the sonority and balance of the band in terms of dynamics and sound layers. This movement represents the beginning of a new day in a mysterious but lively forest.

The second movement, “Criaturas fantásticas”, with an Allegro-Moderato-Allegro tempo, has a nimble and light character, frequently combining staccato and legato within the same phrase. This movement depicts the parade of very strange creatures through the forest.

The third movement, “El reino oculto”, with a tempo of Allegro Moderato-Adagio-Allegro-Andante-Adagio, transitions from the most expressive and horizontal, featuring solo melodies in its first section, to a much more accented and vertical character, culminating in a reprise of the first movement and a coda. This movement represents the discovery of a hidden civilization within the depths of the forest.

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