After a concert at the Tanglewood Music Center, New Music USA praised Jose Martinez since “his gestures rumbled with high contrast”.

A proud native of Chelva (Spain), Jose Martinez is principal tuba of the National Orchestra of Spain since April 2017. Previously, he was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, Castleton Festival Orchestra, Swedish National Orchestra Academy, Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic, European Union Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Spain.

ENTHUSIASTIC ORCHESTRAL PLAYER
Martinez was fortunate to perform as guest with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops, Chicago Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony, Jalisco Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Porto Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony and the Seattle Symphony. A seasoned traveler, opportunities with the world-renowned Mahler Chamber Orchestra brought him on tour through Asia, Europe and Oceania.

FASCINATED BY CHAMBER MUSIC
Jose is a member of brassONEquintet, Duo Basso Continuo and Duo2Arts!. He has collaborated with groups such as World Brass and performed with artists from the New York Philharmonic and the American Brass Quintet as a Zarin Mehta Fellow or the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Ensemble Dal Niente in the MusicNOW contemporary music series.

EAGER SOLOIST
Martinez won 1st prize at the Luminarts Foundation Solo Competition (USA), soloed at the Music Academy of the West Festival (USA), Gravíssimo! Festival (Portugal), Midwest Clinic International Conference (USA) with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago or embarked on a 2019 USA Recital Tour with stops at University of Washington, Chicago Symphony Center, San Francisco Conservatory and Boston University. Upcoming shows at Gesto Festival (Spain) and at the Numksull Brass Festival (Spain) with the ADDA Sinfónica.

EMERGING EDUCATOR
Jose has exchanged knowledge with other musicians in Belgium (Ensemble de Cuivres de Belgique Brass Festival), Mexico (University of Guadalajara), Portugal (Porto Polytechnic University School of Music and the Gravíssimo! Festival), USA (University of Washington and San Francisco Conservatory of Music) and in Spain at various institutions and summer workshops including the Spanish National Orchestra Academy. Future teaching commitments include those at MpMusic Academy (Spain) or the Professional School of the Arts in Covilhã (Portugal). From the 2020/2021 academic year, Jose is on faculty at the Brass Academy Alicante, ESMAR Valencia and Musical Arts Madrid.

“LEARNER FOR LIFE”
Sergio Carolino dixit and one of his inspirations, Jose is thankful for the occasional guidance and support received from Alan Baer, Anne Jelle Visser, Chris Olka, Dennis Nulty, Don Lucas, Floyd Cooley, Ingemar Roos, Jimmy Olsson, Ramiro Tejero, Randy Hawes, Toby Oft and credits a great deal of progress to summer studies at Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West and the University of Redlands. He will forever be indebted to Mike Roylance, Gene Pokorny, Morten Agerup and Sergio Finca, his greatest influences.

GRATEFUL MULTIPLE SCHOLARSHIP-WINNING
A Luminarts Cultural Foundation Fellow at the Union League Club of Chicago since 2016, Martinez received numerous grants that supported his career and avoided extraordinary expenses in the bosom of the family. The “la Caixa” Foundation Fellowship (Fulbright-equivalent) stands out since, back in 2014, Jose was the first brass player ever awarded since the creation of the Foundation in 1982.

INSPIRED STUDENT
Having attended Valencia Conservatory, Spanish Brass Tuba Academy, University of Valencia, University of Gothenburg, Chicago Negaunee Music Institute, New York Philharmonic Global Academy and Boston University College of Fine Arts, doctor Martinez is currently studying an online certificate at Yale University on The Science of Well-Being and became a member of the USA Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society in 2020.

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