Jose Martinez

A native of Chelva (Spain), Jose Martinez is principal tuba of the National Orchestra of Spain, cofounder of Duo2Arts, and a Chicago Luminarts Cultural FoundationAmbassador.

Martinez was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and performed as guest with the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Qatar Philharmonic, Saint Louis Symphony or the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra.

Jose presented masterclasses at Isla Verde Bronces brass festival in Argentina, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, San Francisco Conservatory, Bornem Brass Festival in Belgium, or the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. He will forever be indebted to Mike Roylance, Gene Pokorny, Chris Olka, Morten Agerup and Sergio Finca.

Winner of the Jim & Jamie Self Creative Award, Martinez has been a jury member for the Jeju International Tuba Competition (South Korea) or the International Tuba and Euphonium Association.

Jose Martínez has been a member of the Chelva Symphony Wind Band since 1998.