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Music Theory Professor and Head of the Composition Department at Conservatorio de Lucena; Creative Content Manager at appliedharmony.com; PhD at the University of Granada. Film Music Professor at Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía and the Patrimonio Musical Interuniversity Master Degree (International University of Andalucia-University of Granada-University of Oviedo). Co-founder and vice-president of the Sociedad de Análisis y Teoría Musical (Satmus).
His PhD dissertation, which analyzes the harmony in interdisciplinary projects focused on the Spanish cinema of the nineties, received the 2017 Musicology Award granted by the Spanish Musicological Society (SEdeM) . This research also achieved an International Mention thanks to his time spent overseas at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey (USA).
As a composer, he has achieved international awards for his film scores. His work encompasses all levels of teaching at Conservatoires, and he has managed several Composition Departments and Schools of Music. He is a member of the “Music, Identities, and Intertextuality” Research Group of the University of Córdoba (PAIDI HUM-1110), and also the musical adviser to several projects by the Research Group on Digital Audio Engineering Department of Electronics and Communications at the University of Zaragoza since 2003.
Author of the book La armonía en las bandas sonoras del cine español de los noventa, nominated for the ASECAN 2019 Awards, he is currently one of the most respected Spanish scholars in the study of harmony in popular music and interdisciplinary projects. Consequently, he is invited to talk by prestigious national and international institutions and universities. He has regularly published in peer-reviewed journals —such as Dutch Journal of Music Theory or Revista de Musicología—, recognized editorials from Spanish universities —Oviedo, Salamanca, or Zaragoza— and international publishers like Routledge.
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