Born in Salamanca, he studied at the city’s Higher School of Music before training at the Musik-Akademie in Basel and at the Richard-Strauss Konservatorium. He has been a member of the Spanish National Youth Orchestra (JONDE) and the European Union Youth Orchestra. Prieto has collaborated with various orchestras, such as the Cadaqués Symphony, Kammerorchester Basel, Mahler Chamber Orchester, and Bandart, and with major Spanish orchestras, in addition to giving solo performances of Mozart’s Concerto, Ciranda das sete notas by Villa-Lobos, and the Duett-Concertino by Strauss. He has been a member of the Ánimos wind quartet, Trio Basiliensis, and the Madrid-Berlin ensemble, and currently takes part in the Ethos wind quintet. He is a bassoon soloist at the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra and teaches at the MUSIKENE Higher School of Music of the Basque Country.
