Born in Madrid in 1942, he studied violin and composition at the same time as high school and a Law Degree. Further musical studies in France and Germany with maestros such as Moderna, Boulez, Stockhausen, Ligeti and Adorno. He also studied courses in Psychology and Stage Arts. Assistant to Stockhausen in 1967. Prizes: 1969 National Music Prize, the Gaudeamus Foundation (Holland) in 1969 and 1971, VI Paris Bienal, the Casals Centenary, the Golden Harp, the UNESCO Tribune of Composers.
Lecturer in New Techniques in the Royal Senior Conservatory of Music in Madrid and Lecturer in Music History of the UNED Spanish Open University. He has published several books and imparted courses in European and American institutions and universities, and has worked as music critic in several media.
Tomàs Marco worked for eleven years in the musical Services of Spanish National Radio and has won thè National Radio-Broadcast Prize and the Premio Ondas. From 1981 to 1985, Director-Manager of the Autonomous Body the National Spanish Orchestra and Choir and, from 1991 to 1995, Technical Director of those ensembles. Between 1985 and 1995, Director of the Centre for the Diffusion of Contemporary Music, creating its electroacoustic laboratory, and the Alicante International Festival, whose first eleven editions he directed. He has been a full member of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts since 1993. 1977 -1996, a Director of the General Society of Authors and Publishers. 1996, Director of Festivals of thè Community of Madrid. From May 1996 to July 1999, Director-General of the National Institute of Scenic Arts and Music (INAEM). 1998, Doctor Honoris Causa in the Complutense University of Madrid.
Composer of four operas, a ballet, six symphonies, choral music, chamber music, etc, he is presently exclusively devoted to composing and writing about music.
In November 2002, he was awarded the National Music Price for his entire compositional output, and in 2003 the Community of Madrid Music Award.