'Martín elevates this exquisite score [Nielsen] to the culmination with a wise combination of great technique and musicality. The singing clarinet explores the extreme registers of the instrument, the impossible dynamics capable of cutting off our breath and the flying passages like 'capricious laments'
El País
Maximiliano Martín has rapidly established himself as one of the most exciting and charismatic musicians of his generation. He enjoys a multi-faceted career as soloist, chamber musician and as Principal Clarinet of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
As a soloist he has performed with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Orquesta Real Filarmonía de Galicia, Orquesta Filarmónica de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, Durban Philharmonic and Estonian National Symphony Orchestra with conductors such as Brüggen, Emelyanychev, Ticciati, Manze, Antonini, Swensen, Zacharias and González.
He performs regularly with ensembles and artists such as London Conchord Ensemble, Maxwell and Casals String Quartets, Francois Leleux, Pekka Kuusisto, Alexander Janiczek, Llŷr Williams, Scott Mitchell and Julian Milford.
Martín is in constant demand as Principal Guest Clarinet with many of the world's leading orchestras including the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Symphony Orchestra, Hallé, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the Liverpool Philharmonic and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Martín was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Spain (JONDE) and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.
'The chemistry between Maximiliano Martín and the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra is as natural as it gets...Martín finds endless colour, rhythmic bite and charmed lyricism in these self-defining performances, sensitively matched by fine orchestral playing under conductor Lucas Macías Navarro'
The Scotsman
*****
'With Martín one feels a sense of Copland's mastery; and the Tenerife Orchestra is clearly a top-shelf ensemble. Martín's sound is simply beautiful: liquid, burnished and warm with little to no harshness in the
upper reaches. A great combination of pieces, brilliantly performed with great understanding'
The Herald
*****
Martín's extensive discography includes Mozart and Weber Clarinet Concertos with SCO (LINN), Nielsen, Copland and McMillan Concertos with Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife/Macias (DELPHIAN), Strauss Duett-Concertino with Ticciati/Whelan (LINN), two recital discs: Fantasía and Vibraciones del Alma (LINN), Mozart Divertimenti and Beethoven Wind Music with SCO Wind Soloists (LINN), Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time with Hebrides Ensemble (LINN), Brahms Clarinet Sonatas with Julian Milford (CHR), Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets with the Badke Quartet (CHR) and two discs with London Conchord Ensemble, From Vienna (CHR) and St Petersburg (Orchid Classics), and the chamber music of Stephen Dodgson with Karolos Ensemble (NAXOS). His new recital disc Origenes and départs (DELPHIAN) was released last year to great critical acclaim.
Martín is also active in the field of education, giving masterclasses at the Royal College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, UC Davis University in San Francisco and Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden. Martín is Honorary Professor of Woodwind at the University of St Andrews and was visiting Professor of Clarinet at the University of Kangnam in Seoul, South Korea.
Martín is one of the Artistic Directors of the Chamber Music Festival of La Villa de la Orotava held every year in his home town.
Maximiliano Martín is a Buffet Crampon Artist and performs on Buffet Tosca Clarinets.