MANUEL MARTINEZ BURGOS
ComposerManuel Martínez-Burgos holds a PhD in Music from the University of Oxford. Having obtained 20 national and international composition awards, including the Jean Sibelius Prize in Finland, the Isang Yun in Korea, the National Auditorium Music Award – BBVA Foundation (Spain) or the Osgood Memorial Prize from the University of Oxford, Martínez Burgos is the most awarded Spanish composer of his generation. Jury members at these competitions, composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Tristan Murail, Kaija Saariaho or Unsuk Chin, have all praised his compositions as being universes of sound, full of expressive power, coherence and imagination. Martínez Burgos’ works have been performed worldwide by ensembles like the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Arthur Rubinstein Orchestra (Poland), the National Orchestra of Spain or the Radio Television Orchestra of Spain. He was awarded his first DPhil at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Martínez Burgos holds a chair in composition in the Principality of Asturias (Spain) and is tutor in composition at the University of Oxford (St Anne’s College). He has been visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge and Erasmus teacher at the Higher Conservatory of Paris (CNSMD). He has also delivered lectures in prestigious institutions such as the Sibelius Academy (Helsinki), Chopin University (Warsaw) or the Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Moscow).
Initiations. Ensemble
Dichosa edad. Trio
Signals. Orchestra
Clear eyed. Piano solo
Generations. Violin concerto
Vowels. String quartet
13 September 2024, Madrid
I have a dream, for oboe solo.
Pilar Fontalba, oboe.
27 October 2024, Pamplona
I have a dream, for oboe solo.
Pilar Fontalba, oboe.
29 October 2024, Madrid
Trova, for ensemble
Ensemble Teatro del arte sonoro
Teatros del Canal
31 October 2024, Oviedo
…humanidad, que viene de las tinieblas y se esfuerza, incansable, por llegar a la luz
Oviedo Filarmonía, dir. Vincenzo Milletari
Auditorio Príncipe Felipe
1 November 2024, Vigo
I have a dream, for oboe solo
Pilar Fontalba, oboe
10 November, Madrid
Interludes, for cello solo
Iagoba Fanlo, cello
Auditorio CentroCentro
15 January 2025, Sevilla
Resonancias latentes, for two pianos
Isabel Puente, Ducan Gifford, pianos
Espacio Turina
21 February 2025, Madrid
Gramática de la niebla, for orchestra
Orquesta Nacional de España, dir. Joshua Weilerstein
Auditorio Nacional de Música
22 February 2025, Madrid
Gramática de la niebla, for orchestra
Orquesta Nacional de España, dir. Joshua Weilerstein
Auditorio Nacional de Música
23 February 2025, Madrid
Gramática de la niebla, for orchestra
Orquesta Nacional de España, dir. Joshua Weilerstein
Auditorio Nacional de Música
27 March 2025, Valladolid
Liminalis, for orchestra
Orquesta de Castilla y León, dir. Jaime Martínez
Auditorio Miguel Delibes
28 March 2025, Valladolid
Liminalis, for orchestra
Orquesta de Castilla y León, dir. Jaime Martínez
Auditorio Miguel Delibes
29 May 2025, Gijón
Étoiles sur fond blanc, concerto for bassoon and orchestra
Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, dir. Fabien Gabell;
Sophie Dervaux, bassoon soloist
30 May 2025, Oviedo
Étoiles sur fond blanc, concerto for bassoon and orchestra
Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, dir. Fabien Gabell;
Sophie Dervaux, bassoon soloist