He graduated in Orchestra Conducting, Musicology and Composition at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica of Madrid and has a degree in Law. He studied composition in 1992 under F. Donatoni in Siena. He finished his postgraduate studies under H. Zender at the Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kust in Frankfurt from 1996 to 1999 and gained first experiences as Composer in residence at the Spanish Academy in Rome in 1997.