Biography

Adrián Díaz Martínez

After beginning his musical education in Madrid, Adrian Diaz Martinez started his international career at the age of 16, participating in youth orchestras such as the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.

He studied in Berlin under the tutelage of Prof. Marie-Luise Neunecker at the “Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler”. Adrian is currently pursuing his doctoral studies (Dr. sc. mus.) at the University of Hamburg and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in the same city. His research topic is “The history of the origin and performance of Richard Strauss’ second horn concerto”.

After playing in at the Konzerthaus Berlin Orchestra from 2010 to 2013, he joined the NDR-Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in 2014. He is also a member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra since 2019 and a regular guest in other orchestras, such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Lucern Festival Orchester, the Mahler Chamber Orchester, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich or the Munich Philharmonic.

As a distinguished horn player of his generation, the young Spaniard plays at the most prestigious chamber music festivals in Europe and Asia. Since 2012 he performs also chamber music with Sir Andras Schiff as a member of his Capella Andrea Barca. 

With awards from international competitions such as “Citta de Porcia” in Italy and the “International Mozart Competition” in Salzburg, Adrian regularly performs as a soloist in Europe, Asia, and America.

Since 2021, Adrian Diaz Martinez is Professor for horn at the Musikhochschule Lübeck. 

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