Ernesto studied Piano and Composition in Las Palmas, graduating with Honors at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias. He has taken lessons with pianists such as Nicolai Lugansky, José Luis Castillo and Galina Neporohznya, and also from composers as Agustín Charles Soler and José María Sánchez Verdú. He has been awarded by the Real Academia Canaria de Bellas Artes with the “Excellens” prize, which is given to a creator “who denotes a remarkable technical capacity in his art, with a strong personality and originality”. Winner of several composition contests, his works have been premiered in Europe and South America by performers such as the Filarmónica de Montevideo or the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria.