Testimonies:
“Absolutely exemplary interpretation… Mastery, musicality, and most important of all, a palpable love for novelty, receiving a warm and deserved ovation.
“Admirable sound – With the alto and the soprano saxophone – Perfect air column, as well the “bow” movement in string instruments. Excellent vibrato and very talented lyricism. My congratulations in the name of the “good saxophone”. You are “Grand” with the instrument. –––BRAVO!!!
“A soloist with a beautiful sound and excellent interpretation in the concert for Saxophone and Orchestra by Edison Denisov …
“The concert by the saxophonist Francisco Martinez revealed some clues of the current interpretation such as: believing in what you are performing – believing the music contained in the scores played -; high technical and musical skills which allow tackling without difficulty any written work with the composition languages and codes of today; and finally,…
The “Concert for Saxophone and Orchestra” by Carlos Cruz de Castro was new in Madrid; an important work based on the balanced and contrasting dialogue between the soloist – with a very virtuous part mastered by Francisco Martínez – …
Cruz de Castro builds his “Concert” with very simple materials, as usual. The orchestra is, in the extreme parts, a great percussion instrument… the soloist part austere and difficult to play at the same time, which was marvellously performed by Francisco Martinez.