Saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and conducter.
Born in Madrid he lives in London (UK) since 2005.
Ricardo began playing alto saxophone in his early 20's. Mainly self taught, at the beggining of the 90's, he studied for a while with American improviser and Madrid based musician Wade Mathews.
In 1997 he started playing improvised music under the guidance of Chefa Alonso at the same time as he was playing in different bands doing Latin Music, jazz and Spanish Popular music. In the same year he formed, together with other musicians, the improvisation ensemble SOPLATHAT with whom he played until 2001.
In 2001 he moved to Leeds (England) where he graduated in Jazz and Contemporary Music at Leeds College of Music obtaining, in 2007, a Masters Degree in Contemporary Music at Brunel University (London) under professors Richard Barret and Peter Wiegold.
Since in England he has played and participated in many different groups and projects like the quintet NEEDS MUST ( Leeds ) which he co-founded together with drummer Neil Thomas and bass James Paylor; LCM's DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTA under Tony Faulkner; Omar Puente's LATIN BIG BAND or played in different projects of LIMA ( Leeds Improvised Music Association ) with musicians such as Dave Kayne, Mathew Bourne, Didrik Ingvaldsen, Peter Fadnes or Christoff De Berzenac.
At present he plays and collaborates with musicians such as Dave Tucker, Mark Sanders, Veryan Weston, Roland Ramanan, Javier Carmona, Tony Marsh, Marcio Mattos, Jan Roder, Dominic Lash, Steve Noble, Adrian Northover, Robert Jarvis and Pat Thomas, among others.
In 2007 he created the quintet ENSEMBLE PROGRESIVO with whom he launched the records PROGRESSIONS (2007) and HURTA CORDEL LIVE CONCERT (2009) which can be downloaded on the netlabel Audition records
Ricardo Tejero has played in festivals and venues of most European countries as well as Latinoamerica.
He also works as music educator giving free improvised music workshops as weel as saxophone and clarinet lessons.
He is member of Musicalibre Spanish Improvised Music Association.
Other current projects include:
TRIATONE. Trio with Mark Sanders and Pablo Perez.
ROLAN RAMANAN TENTET. Ten piece ensemble led by trumpeter and LIO conductor Roland Ramanan.
MEXPLANGO. Trio with Dave Tucker and Julian Bonequi.
FOCO ( Spanish Improvised Music Orchestra) with whom he has played during the last 10 years and participated in several editions of the international festival Hurta Cordel, under the conduction of Butch Morrs, William Parker, Keith Tippet, Dave Tucker, Walter Thomson, Didrik Ingvaldsen, Michael Fischer or Ilan Volkov.
LIO ( London Improvisers Orchestra ) Where he plays with Terry Day, Lol Coxhil, Steve Beresford, Evan Parker, Tony Marsh, Hanna Marshall, Robert Jarvis, Ian Smith, Veryan Weston, Alan Thomlinson, among many others. He also participate as one of the conducters of the orchestra.
WARY. Quartet with Angel Faraldo, Yolanda Uriz and Will O'Connors.
BLA BLA BLA. Trio with Ian Smith and Katarzyna Kuchnichka.
DUO with Italian guitarrist Roberto Sassi.
DUO with Spanish guitarrist Juan Jaren.
Other collaborations include works as performer and conducter with BER.IO (Berlin Improvised Music Orchestra), RIO (Royal Improvised Music Orchestra of Holland).