Born in Alicante (Spain), he is one of the most prominent horn players of his generation, and is currently Professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg and the ESMUC in Barcelona. He studied at the Alicante Conservatory of Music, and later at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, and has received several international awards. He was principal horn of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra from 2001-2006 and he currently performs with Orchestra Mozart in Bologna, and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. He considers these three orchestras, all founded by Claudio Abbado, influential in his musical and humanistic training. He is the principal horn of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. In the field of chamber music, he regularly performs at important festivals in the United States, China and Europe. Since 2010 he is the Artistic Director of the festival Músics en Residència in Alella (Barcelona).
