Xavier Puig was born in Cervera (Lleida) in 1973. He began his musical journey studying piano and violin at the Municipal Conservatoire of Cervera, before moving on to the Professional Music Conservatoire of Badalona, where he obtained the Higher Diploma in the Teaching of Harmony, Counterpoint, Composition and Instrumentation, studying under the teachers M. A. Hurtado, M. Roger, B. Casablancas and J. Soler.