Guillermo Martínez
Oviedo
The music of Guillermo Martínez has been performed in the United States, Russia, Cuba, Austria, the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, Lithuania, Ukraine, Morocco and Spain, to name a few.
Among the interpreters of his works figure Horacio Lavandera, María José Montiel, Iván Martín, Joshard Daus, Agata Daraskaite, Lola Casariego, Luis Miguel Méndez, Lucas Macías, Natalia Troshina, Valeria Zorina, Manuel Burgueras, Aurelio Viribay,... In addition, other interpreters of his works include instituciones such as EuropaChorAkademie, St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Choir and Orchestra of the Opera of Kiev, Harper Symphony Orchestra, Giusto Chamber Orchestra, Orquesta Oviedo Filarmonía, Orquesta Ars Mundi, JOSPA –Joven Orquesta del Principado de Asturias–, Janus Orchestra, Cuarteto Vocal Español –del Coro de RTVE–, Cuarteto Vocal Cavatina, Psappha Ensemble, Quatuor Danel, Khorikos – NY, Banda de Música “Ciudad de Oviedo”, Coro El León de Oro, Landarbaso Koroa, Ad Solem Chamber Ensemble, Coro de la Fundación “Princesa de Asturias”, Coro “Ángel Barja” - JJMM ULE, Escolanía de Covadonga, Camerata Coral de la Universidad de Cantabria, Coro Universitario de Oviedo, etc. Ultimately, he has created music for original texts by Graciano García, José Antonio Olivar, María Teresa Álvarez, Maxi Rodríguez and Xuan Bello among others.
In 2012, Martinez wins the «FIRST NATIONAL COMPETITION OF YOUNG COMPOSERS - CITY OF OVIEDO». The winning piece, Rapsodia para violín y orquesta “Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer”, was premiered by the violinist Gerard Claret in 2014. Likewise, the work is published by DURAND - SALABERT - ESCHIG - RICORDI (Universal Music).
Among his most recent premieres, a highlight was the presentation of his Zarzuela “Maharajá” work, commissioned and premiered in the commemoration ceremony for the 125th anniversary of the Teatro Campoamor – Oviedo (Spain). This lyric-dramatic work, with libretto by Maxi Rodríguez, is written in one act and has an approximate duration of 100 minutes. The premiere took place in the Teatro Campoamor of Oviedo in June, 2017. The Zarzuela “Maharajá” was premiered by the soprano Beatríz Díaz, the baritone David Menéndez, the mezzo María José Suárez, the tenors Francisco Javier Sánchez and Juan Noval Moro, the actress Martina Bueno, the actors Win Marrot, Roca Suárez, Carlos Mesa and Antón Camaño, the choir “Capilla Polifónica – Ciudad de Oviedo” and the orchestra “Oviedo Filarmonía”, all of them under baton the maestro Marzio Conti.
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