And this is how my musical career began. For me it was like a game. I was still young and truly too restless to take it seriously. Not long after that I met the person I consider my life-long Maestro, Javier Viceiro Filgueira. He is Full Professor at the Advanced Conservatory of Music of Vigo. From that moment everything started taking shape for me. His lessons covered more than only technical aspects of the trumpet. He taught me how to listen, to learn and to interpret music correctly.

Later on, courses, competitions and youth orchestras came into the picture. In 2000, I went to my first seminarwith the National Youth Orchestra of Spain. I was sixteen years old. It was the first experience I had ever had with any orchestra. We played Mahler’s 1st Symphony. I had no idea who Gustav Mahler was, so I went to a music store and I bought the only copy they had of that piece. It was a recording of the Chicago Symphony from 1990 by EMI under Klaus Tennstedt’s baton. When I listened to it I was astonished. The music was incredible; however the way those people played was what surprised me the most. Sound, articulation, intonation, character… everything was simply stunning. Everything became clear to me. I absolutely wanted to play like them. I wanted to be Adolph Herseth and play in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 

For many years I devoted myself to buy and listen to as many recordings as possible by the CSO to keep maturing as a musician. I truly consider myself self-taught in terms of orchestra training. I learned by listening and analyzing everything that was coming to my ears. I studied through the five senses. That was essential for me.

I won auditions, competitions and I had the opportunity to play with great orchestras under the baton of great conductors. However, I always had the same dream in mind.