University of Havana
He studied music at the Municipal Conservatory of Havana, Pedagogy at the University of Havana and completed specialized studies during summer courses at the University of Havana and the Universidad de Concepción in Chile . He studied composition with Joseph Ardévol in Cuba and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, ethnology and folklore with Don Fernando Ortiz and María Muñoz de Quevedo.