Spanish conductor of orchestra and professor born in1930 who has by now composed around 300 works in all genres among them the lied, chamber music, eleven concertos for the soloist and  orchestra, six symphonies, seven cantatas, two ballets and five operas.
He accomplished his musical studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, obtaining the superior title in the field of composition with first prizes in harmony, counterpoint and fugue.
Later he moved to Switzerland where he lived for seven years and where he obtained the Dante Luini International Prize of Composition organised by the Radio Television Suisse Romande. Four festivals  by his name were organised in Switzerland in recognition of his artistic labour.

Afterwards, already in Spain, he was appointed to the post of conductor of the Banda- Orquesta Municipal  of A Coruña – a group where he worked for 23 years. At the same time he founded the Orchestra of  the Superior Conservatory of Music of A Coruña and the Orquesta de Camara  Municipal.

Being the director of the Superior Conservatory of Music of A Coruña for twenty years, he worked parallely as a professor of harmony, counterpoint, fugue and composition. During those years he founded numerous conservatories all over Galicia.

As for his discography it is worth mentioning the CD realized by Stuttgart Cammerorchester under the direction of Maximino Zumalave. It includes the cantata Cantigas de Mar and the baroque suite Intres Boleses, the three disks with the participation of London Symphony Orchestra recorded in Abbey Road studios of London; the double CD of La Gran Cantata Xacobea conducted by the author himself with the London Voices choir containing concerto Nº2 “Confidencias” for violin and orchestra performed by the violinist Pedro Leon, concerto Nº1 “Fauno” for violoncello and orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton and performed by the Swedish cellist Matts Lidstrom. It is also worth pointing out the recording of the concerto “Arcaico”  for two violins and orchestra performed by his son, violinist Rogelio Groba Otero and the concerto Nº2 “Añoranzas” for violoncello and orchestra  performed by his daughter, cellist Clara Groba Otero and accompanied by the Orquesta de Camara Gallega.