Barakaldo (Spain), 1973. I start my work as a composer at the end of the 90s. Alternating and combining electronic and musical writing, I have composed since then the music of more than fifty choreographies, a dozen of theatre plays, as well as soundtracks and contemporary works.

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With a multidisciplinary background, I study Dramatic Art at the former Antzerki Eskola (Basauri, Bizkaia), Applied Arts at the ESDIR–Escuela Superior de Diseño de La Rioja (Logroño, La Rioja), and Fine Arts at the Facultad de Bellas Artes San Carlos–UPVA (Valencia) in the audiovisual department. In this same city I study electroacoustic composition at the LEA–Laboratory of Electroacoustics of the Conservatory of Music in Valencia, with the composers David Alarcón and Leopoldo Amigo. For several years I attend the summer courses of the Electroacoustic Laboratory of the Reina Sofía LIEM–CDMC (Madrid) with several composers: Adolfo Núñez, Eduardo Polonio, José Manuel Berenguer, Sergi Jordà, Ricardo Climent, Jean-Claude Risset, Jorge Antunes, Eduardo Reck Miranda or Neil Leonard III.

I start composing for dance in 1998, together with the choreographer Damián Muñoz, from the company La Intrusa Danza (National Dance Award 2015). Since 2007 I have worked continuously with the company Gelabert–Azzopardi (National Dance Award 1996) composing for the choreographer Cesc Gelabert the following shows: “Nom”—coproduction with the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, “Écrit dans l'air”—Critic Award 2017 Best Dance Solo and Special Award for the music of the show, “Foot-ball”—coproduction with the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, FC Barcelona and Mediaset, “The Rock Cave of Heaven”—in collaboration with the Japanese company taiko Kodo, “Trans”—in collaboration with filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta, “Cesc Gelabert VO+”—Butaca Award for Best Dance Show of the 2012 Season, “La muntanya al teu voltant”—opening show of the 2011 Grec Festival, performed for the first time by the Barcelona Municipal Band under the direction of Salvador Brotons, and “Orion”—together with the composer Francisco López. For La Intrusa Danza I have composed “Staff”, “El engaño en los ojos”, “Las mentiras del entusiasmo”, “Asiré, el futuro imperfecto del verbo asir”, “Yo notaba la comida amarga” and “Daño”—together with the composers Pascal Gaigne and Víctor García de la Torre. With Germán Jauregui, from the Ultima Vez–Wim Vandekeybus company (Brussels): “Rassemblement”, “Isaac y Diola”, “Confession”, “Sunset on Mars”, “Isaac”, “Leonzinho” and “Vámonos al campo”; and together with him, Jorge Jauregui and Idoia Zabaleta “El rato de José”. For the company 10 & 10 Danza (National Dance Award 2000) “Contrastes” and “Azul Purísima”; and for the Ballet of Víctor Ullate (National Dance Award 1989), choreographed by Pedro Berdäyes, “Eis Blume”. With Daniel Abreu (National Dance Award 2014) “Animal”, with Mercedes Pedroche “Artificios y leopardos” and “Terrario. La tierna indiferencia del mundo”, with Asier Zabaleta “Zoo”, “El agujero del avestruz” and “Bihar jaio nintzen”, for Natalia Medina “La quinta mujer” and “Tag”, with Blanca Arrieta “3600” and “Zero”, with Matxalen Bilbao “Self” and “Mutis”.

In theatre I have worked regularly with the company Ultramarinos de Lucas (National Performing Arts Award for Children and Young Audiences 2015) composing the music for the shows “Pinocho”, “La noche”, “La sombra de Lear”, “Otra vez”, “Barrio” and “El invernadero”, by Harold Pinter.

For cinema and television, I composed the music for the documentaries "Perpetual Motion", by Isaki Lacuesta, and "Women first: pioneers of Basque gastronomy", by Marian Gerrikabeitia. Together with Bingen Mendizabal I composed the soundtracks for the feature films "Frágil" by Juanma Bajo Ulloa and "Nos miran" by Norberto López Amado. Also for Mendizabal I composed the electronic parts of the soundtracks of "Kamchatka", by Marcelo Piñeiro (selected by Argentina for the 2002 Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film) and "El arte de morir", by Álvaro Fernández-Armero.

In the field of contemporary music I have premiered works for various instrumental ensembles as well as electro-acoustic works. I have worked on several occasions with the Sigma Project, the Ensemble Espacio Sinkro, conducted by the composer Alfonso García de la Torre; with the Krater Ensemble, conducted by the composer Aurélio Edler-Copes; and with the Ensemble Kuraia, conducted by the composer María Eugenia Luc. I have also collaborated with the Basque singers Mikel Laboa, Ruper Ordorika and Mikel Urdangarin.

My work have been presented at festivals, encounters or institutions in France, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Cuba, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru, Canada, the United States, India, Hong Kong, China and Japan. Some of the most important ones are: Julidans Festival (Amsterdam), Working Title Festival (Brussels), Rencontres Choréographiques Internacionales de Seine-Saint-Denis (Paris), June Events–Carolyn Carlson (Paris), Tendance (Amiens), Festival Off Avignon, Naj, Naj, Naj Festival (Zagreb), Internationales Festival für Zeitgenössischen Tanz (Potsdam), Yokohama Dance Collection (Yokohama), Le Groupe Dance (Toronto), Movement Research (New York), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico City), Festival Internacional VAE (Lima), Festival Sonoimágenes (Buenos Aires), World Saxophone Congress, Festival de Música Electroacústica de La Habana, Festival Crossroads (Florence), Le Temps d'Aimer (Biarritz), Tárrega Festival, Grec (Barcelona), Dies de Dansa (Barcelona), Sitges Teatre Internacional, Dansa València, Festival de Otoño (Madrid), Festival Escena Contemporánea (Madrid), Festival Madrid en Danza, Festival Internacional de Electroacústica Punto de Encuentro (Madrid), Masdanza International Festival (Gran Canaria), Encontre Internacional de Compositors (Mallorca), Situaciones (Cuenca), Periferias (Huesca), Trayectos (Zaragoza), Mes de danza (Sevilla), Musikaste (Errenteria), Artium Museum (Vitoria-Gasteiz), Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

I have given lectures and master classes about my work at Barcelona Disseny Hub, as part of the 3rd European Creativity Festival; at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, as part of the Master's Degree in Psycho-Creativity; and at the Institut del Teatre, among others. I currently live and work in Madrid.

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