FRANCISCO MARTÍNEZ

Activity Report 2023

June 27^th , 12:30h. Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

Music Festival For The Third Millennium

SAX-ENSEMBLE GROUP

Conductor: Santiago Serrate

FERNANDO VILLANUEVA_____________________________________________ Nocturno*

GIANVICENZO CRESTA_____________________________________________ Transparenze

TOMAS ____________________________________________________ Silabario de Babel

ENEKO VADILLO_______________________________________________ Metamorphoses

MASSIMO BOTTER___________________________________________________ Jaunary*

July 1^st 17 h., Covilhâ- Portugal

Festival “Grupo Sintese”

SAX-ENSEMBLE GROUP

Conductor: Santiago Serrate

FERNANDO VILLANUEVA_____________________________________________ Nocturno*

TOMAS ____________________________________________________ Silabario de Babel

ENEKO VADILLO_______________________________________________ Metamorphoses

MASSIMO BOTTER___________________________________________________ Jaunary*

September 7^th9h. Sciacca (Sicilia-Italia)

Skenė associazione Sciacca (AG)

Saxophone performance masterclass

by Francisco Martínez

September 7^th, 21 h. Sciacca (Sicilia-Italia)

Chiesa della Raccomandata (AG)

Francisco Martinez: Saxophones & electronics

Works for saxophone, electronics and video

“Music of Today for young musicians”

JESUS VILLA ROJO_______________________________________________Glosario IV

ZULEMA DE LA CRUZ_______________________________________________Erídano

ENEKO VADILLO________________________________________________Metapoiesis

September 9^th9h. Castelbuono (Sicilia-Italia)

Moger arte e cultura

Saxophone performance masterclass

by Francisco Martínez

September 9^th18h. Castelbuono (Sicilia-Italia)

Sala Badia

Francisco Martinez: Saxophones & electronics

Works for saxophone, electronics and video

“Music of Today for young musicians”

JESUS VILLA ROJO______________________________________________________Glosario IV

ENEKO VADILLO______________________________________________________Metapoiesis

October 8^th – Escuela Ismael Martínez Marín of Cuenca

Cuarteto Sax-Ensemble

“Today’s Family Music”

IGOR STRAVINSKY____________________________________________________ Circus Polka

JOSE SUSSI ______________________________________________________Jazz Sax-Quartet

ALDEMARO ROMERO_______________________________________Cuarteto latinoamericano

DAVID SALLERAS_____________________________________________________L´ultim sospir

MANUEL DE FALLA___________________________________________Danza Ritual del fuego

October 21^th – Arévalo Auditorium

Cuarteto Sax-Ensemble

“Today’s Family Music”

IGOR STRAVINSKY____________________________________________________ Circus Polka

JOSE SUSSI ______________________________________________________Jazz Sax-Quartet

ALDEMARO ROMERO_______________________________________Cuarteto latinoamericano

DAVID SALLERAS_____________________________________________________L´ultim sospir

MANUEL DE FALLA___________________________________________Danza Ritual del fuego

October 22^th– San Francisco Auditorium from Ávila

Music Festival For The Third Millennium

Sax-Ensemble Quartet

IGOR STRAVINSKY____________________________________________________ Circus Polka

JOSE SUSSI ______________________________________________________Jazz Sax-Quartet

ALDEMARO ROMERO_______________________________________Cuarteto latinoamericano

DAVID SALLERAS_____________________________________________________L´ultim sospir

MANUEL DE FALLA___________________________________________Danza Ritual del fuego

October 22^th– Auditorium from

Mondejar Culture House

“Today’s Family Music”

Cuarteto Sax-Ensemble

IGOR STRAVINSKY____________________________________________________ Circus Polka

JOSE SUSSI ______________________________________________________Jazz Sax-Quartet

ALDEMARO ROMERO_______________________________________Cuarteto latinoamericano

DAVID SALLERAS_____________________________________________________L´ultim sospir

MANUEL DE FALLA___________________________________________Danza Ritual del fuego

November 24^th , 12:30h. Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

Music Festival For The Third Millennium

SAX-ENSEMBLE GROUP

Conductor: Santiago Serrate

Premiere of Commissioned Works for Laureate Students of the

Master in Musical Composition with New Technologies of the International University of La Rioja – UNIR

1.- Ana Julia Medina (Córdoba, Cáceres, España): Danzar o Volar

Javier Centeno (Burgos, España): Fobos

3.- Leonardo Cárdenas (Loja, Ecuador): Catarsis

4.- Ana María Mori (Málaga, Madrid, España): La alegoría de la primavera

5.- Luis Moya (Cochabamba, Bolivia): Amazonía urgente

6.- Jesús Nuñez (Córdoba, Jaén, España): El Héroe de las Mil caras

7.- Ángeles Terreros Kuffó (Guayaquil, Ecuador): Manifiesto

8.- Cesar Pineda (Cali, Colombia): Miscere

9.- Santiago Mora (Quito, Ecuador): El retrato de la lluvia

10.- Christian Solís (Costa Rica): Persiguiendo el tiempo

11.- Roberto Carlos Bravo (Alcázar de San Juan, España): Collage

12.- PADRINO, Juan Manuel Ruíz (Las Palmas, Madrid, España): ESTELAR

December 9^th , 20h. Culture Hall in “San Juan de Alicante”

Francisco Martinez: Saxophones & electrónica

Works for saxophone, electronics and video

“Music of Today for young musicians”

JESUS VILLA ROJO_______________________________________________Glosario IV

JORGE ANTUNES_______________________________________________Rituel Violet

ENEKO VADILLO________________________________________________Metapoiesis

He is one of the saxophonists who has contributed most to the saxophone repertoire in the last 30 years. His activity has led to the world premiere of 203 works for saxophone and the publication of 18 CDs and 2 DVDs so far. He has performed in over 20 countries in the Americas, Asia and Europe and has performed five world premieres of concerts with orchestra. As an interpreter he is greatly appreciated for his sound, technique and quality of interpretation that has earned him the highest acclaim.

He is the founder and artistic director of Sax-Ensemble Group. This group is considered one of the best contemporary music groups in Europe and is the largest contributor to the international repertoire of saxophone in the last 20 years. It was the first group of chamber of Spain awarded the National Prize for Music.

He is a saxophone professor at the Royal Superior Conservatory of Madrid and also Head of Wood Wind Department. His training at conservatories in Madrid and Alicante, and later in Paris, Bordeaux, and with the most renowned professors of the French school have allowed him to be one of the best prepared teachers in Spain. Many students have passed through his classrooms and more than 70 teachers have completed their saxophone studies in his classrooms.

He has taught courses and masterclasses in addition to Spain, Russia, Poland, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Slovenia, Canada and the United States.

He was the founder of the Association of Spanish Saxophonists, and organizer of many activities to promote the saxophone in Spain. In 1987 he organized in Alicante the II European Saxophone Meeting, where the Sax-Ensemble performed for the first time. Later he taught the first Saxophone European University in France (1989), and founded the Saxophone European University in Spain (1990). In 1993 he founded the Sax-Ensemble foundation which is currently the artistic director and which organizes the cycle Music for the Third Millennium. He is currently president the Governing Board of the Foundation Sax-Ensemble. He was artistic director of the I European Saxophone Congress “Eursax 2014”. Also is president of the European Saxophone Committee.

He has published articles in the magazine “Anuario Musical” (Higher Council of Scientific Researcho of Spain) in the revues: Music and Education, Euphony, Melomano, Ritmo, El País, Viento, Allegro, “Music” published by Royal Conservatory of Madrid and the magazine ASE.

He has done PhDs in Musicology and Applied Creativity at the Autonomous University of Madrid. In 2011 he obtained the title of European Doctor in Musicology with the qualification “outstanding cum laude”. He have been part of the juries most importants in national and international competitions

Activities 2023

FRANCISCO MARTÍNEZ

Activity Report 2023

June 27th , 12:30h. Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

Music Festival For The Third Millennium

July 1st 17 h., Covilhâ- Portugal

Festival “Grupo Sintese”

September 7th 9h. Sciacca (Sicilia-Italia)

Skenė associazione Sciacca (AG)

September 7th, 21 h. Sciacca (Sicilia-Italia)

Chiesa della Raccomandata (AG)

September 9th 9h. Castelbuono (Sicilia-Italia)

Moger arte e cultura

September 9th 18h. Castelbuono (Sicilia-Italia)

Sala Badia

October 8th – Escuela Ismael Martínez Marín of Cuenca

Cuarteto Sax-Ensemble

October 21th – Arévalo Auditorium

Cuarteto Sax-Ensemble

October 22th – San Francisco Auditorium from Ávila

Music Festival For The Third Millennium

October 22th – Auditorium from

Mondejar Culture House

“Today’s Family Music”

November 24th , 12:30h. Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

Music Festival For The Third Millennium

December 9th , 20h. Culture Hall in “San Juan de Alicante”

June 27^th , 12:30h. Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

July 1^st 17 h., Covilhâ- Portugal

September 7^th9h. Sciacca (Sicilia-Italia)

September 7^th, 21 h. Sciacca (Sicilia-Italia)

September 9^th9h. Castelbuono (Sicilia-Italia)

September 9^th18h. Castelbuono (Sicilia-Italia)

October 8^th – Escuela Ismael Martínez Marín of Cuenca

October 21^th – Arévalo Auditorium

October 22^th– San Francisco Auditorium from Ávila

October 22^th– Auditorium from

November 24^th , 12:30h. Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

December 9^th , 20h. Culture Hall in “San Juan de Alicante”