He lives in England since 2001. Graduated in Jazz and Contemporary Music in Leeds College of Music and Mmus in Contemporary Music in Brunel University under Richard Barret, Peter Wiegold, and Frank Griffith.
Born in Madrid. Mainly self-taught, he starts playing sax in small ensembles doing Latin music, jazz, and Spanish popular music.
In 1997 he started to play improvised music with the ensemble SOPLATHAT which he co-founded.
In 2001 he moved to England and went to Leeds College of Music for more formal and academic musical education. In 2005 he moved to London where he has been very active playing within the London's free improvised music scene.
Since in England he has played with the quintet NEEDS MUST | Leeds | which he co-founded together with drummer Neil Thomas and bass James Paylor, also played in LCM | Leeds College of Music | DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTA under Tony Faulkner, the LCM LATIN BIG BAND under Omar Puente's conduction and collaborated with LIMA ORCHESTRA | Leeds Improvised Music Association | , conducted by Dave Kane.
Member and part of the organisation board of MUSICALIBRE, Spanish Association of Improvised Music.
At present he plays and collaborates with musicians such as Dave Tucker, Veryan Weston, Roland Ramanan, Javier Carmona, Mark Sanders, Tony Marsh, Dominic Lash, Steve Noble, Adrian Northover, Alison Blunt, Robert Jarvis, Frank Charlton, Yedo Gibson, Nick Stevens, Joel Bell, Andrew Melville...
Recently he launched the cd PROGRESSIONS with his own quintet ENSEMBLE PROGRESIVO | Carmona, Matos, Northover, Blunt, Tejero |
Other projects:
ROLAN RAMANAN TENTET. Ensemble led by trumpeter and LIO conductor Roland Ramanan's
MEXPLANGO. Trio with Dave Tucker and Barcelona based drummer Julian Bonequi
NO HABLA CATALAN, Quartet based in Holland where they regularly perform.
FOCO (Spanish Improvised Music Orchestra) with whom he has played during the last 9 years and participated in several editions of the international festival Hurta Cordel, under the conduction of Butch Morrs, William Parker, Dave Tucker, Walter Thomson, Didrik Ingvaldsen, Michael Fischer or Olivier Benoit.
Duo Carmona / Tejero.
E.S.P. London based ensemble led by Joel Bell and Andrew Mellvile.
LIO | London Improvisers Orchestra | Where he plays with Terry Day, Lol Coxhil, Steve Beresford, Evan Parker, Tony Marsh, Hanna Marshall, Harry Becket, Robert Jarvis, Ian Smith, Veryan Weston, Alan Thomlinson, among many others. He also conducted the orchestra in a few occasions.
Trio Sanders / Lash / Tejero. Trio with Mark Sanders and Dominic Lash.