My nickname has been Tito ever since my childhood in Mexico City where I was born in the earliest days of my parents’ marriage.

I've played classical and improvisational guitar since age thirteen. My repertoire spans from fifteenth century vihuela and lute transcriptions to twentieth century music written expressly for the guitar. My improvisations blend classical, flamenco, and jazz ideas.

At age seventeen I had the honor of studying with Alexander Bellow at his home in New York City who taught me how to extend awareness of my body to the instrument.

In my early twenties, I also had the honor of studying improvisation privately with the legendary Ran Blake, head of Third Stream Music at New England conservatory who taught me how to connect my imagination to the instrument.

Their combined mastery forms the conceptual basis of my technique.