José Martínez

A native of Chelva (Spain), Jose Martinez is principal tuba of the National Orchestra of Spain, artistic director of FAN, Festival of Arts and Nature, cofounder of Duo2Arts, and a Chicago Luminarts Cultural Foundation Ambassador worldwide.

Martinez was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and performed as guest with the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony or the New York Philharmonic.

Winner of the Busan Maru Music Festival Concerto Competition, Jose has been a jury member at the Jeju International Tuba Competition and a guest artist at San Francisco Conservatory.

Having studied in Spain, Sweden and the USA, Dr. Martinez will forever be indebted to Mike Roylance, Gene Pokorny, Chris Olka, Morten Agerup and Sergio Finca.