Tenor. He was born in Pamplona (Navarre) on 26 January 1962. At the age of fifteen he joined the "Orfeón Pamplonés". In 1979 he began his singing studies in his native city under the direction of Edurne Aguerri. That same year she moved to Barcelona after obtaining a place in the Choir of the Gran Teatro del Liceo, finishing her singing studies in this city under the direction of Miriam Alió Francheri, obtaining the prize of honour in the higher degree in singing in 1987. In 1983 he entered the competition "Gente Joven" of Televisión Española, winning first prize, and that same year Pamplona City Council awarded him the "Fundación Florencio Ansoleaga" prize. In 1984 he won second prize ex aequo in the "Yamaha en España" competition. At the age of 22 he made his debut at the Gran Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona, playing Barnabotto in La Gioconda, alongside Eva Marton, José Carreras, Stefanía Toczyska and Franco Bordoni. He participated in the masterclasses given by the tenor Afredo Kraus. He has been an indispensable member of the Asociación Bilbaína de Amigos de la Ópera, from the 1991-1992 season to the 1996-1997 season. He has also performed in the opera seasons at the Teatro Principal in Palma de Mallorca, where he played the role of Ismaele in Nabucco, at the Palacio de Congresos-Auditorio in La Coruña and at the Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao.
He has performed the following roles: "Barnabotto" from La Gioconda, "Cofrade" and "Lorenzo Pérez" from Doña Francisquita, "Juez" and "Siervo de Amelia" from Un Ballo in Masquera, "Ismaele" and "Abdallo" from Nabucco, "Poisson" from Adriana Lecouvreur, "Mensajero" from Aida, "Borsa" from Rigoletto, "Trabucco" from La Forza del Destino, "Normanno" from Lucia di Lammermoor", "Itulbo" from Il Pirata, "Melot" and "Marinero" from Tristan e Isolde, "Heraldo" and "Conde de Lerma" from Don Carlos, "Spoletta" from Tosca, "Roderigo" from Otello, "Nathanael" and "Spalanzani" from The Tales of Hoffmann, "Pang" from Turandot, "Prince Yamadori" from Madama Butterfly, "Gaston" from La Traviata, "Malcom" from Macbeth, "Notary" from Don Pasquale, "Sir Hervey" from Anna Bolena, "Sir Bruno" from I Puritani, "Mitrane" from Semiramide, "Helmsman" from The G Ship, "Aldeano" from Luisa Miller, "Flavio" from Norma, "Prisionero" from Fidelio and "Riccardo" from Ernani.
He has shared the bill with internationally renowned singers such as Alfredo Kraus, José Carreras, Jaime Aragall, Mirella Freni, Fiorenza Cossotto, Eva Marton, Giuseppe Giacomini, Aprile Millo, Neil Shicoff, Rockwell Blake, Nicola Martinucci, etc.
He has been conducted by the following maestros: Romano Gandolfi, Maximiano Valdés, Giorgio Croci, Antonello Allemandi, Alain Guingal, Giuliano Carella, Thomas Fulton, Theo Alcántara, Massimo de Bernart, Alberto Zedda, Friedrich Haider, Fabrizio Carminati, Stefan Soltesz, Rico Saccani, Marco Armiliato, Renato Palumbo, Philippe Bender and Francesco Corti.
He has made the following recordings: "Vivi tu" from Anna Bolena, with José Bros, Pablo Pascual and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, conducted by Massimo de Bernart (1995); "Ah per sempre io ti perdei..." from I Puritani, with Roberto Servile and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, conducted by Antonello Allemandi (1995); "O fede negar potessi. .." by Luisa Miller, with Nel Shicoff and the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Giuliano Carella (1996); "Concertante final del acto 3º" by Ernani, with Neil Shicoff, Bárbara de Maio, Paolo Gavanelli, Roberto Scandiuzzi, etc.., the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and the Bilbao Opera Choir, conducted by Giuliano Carella (1996); the carol "Mesías Sarritan" with the Agrupación Coral de Cámara de Pamplona and José Luis Echechipía (organist), conducted by Máximo Olóriz (1996); the zorcico "El Roncalés" with Esther Andueza (pianist), published for the 5th Congress of the Unión del Pueblo Navarro (1997).
From 1996 to 2001. She was a member of the Pamplona Chamber Choir Group.
From 16th January 2001 to 22nd March 2002, he was a member of the Choir of the Teatro Real in Madrid.
From 2001 to 2022 he was a teacher in the Choir of Radiotelevisión Española.
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