Víctor Martín (violinist)
Víctor Martín (Elne, 24 September 1940 – Madrid, 21 September 2017) was a Spanish violinist. He studied in the Madrid Royal Conservatory, in the Geneva Conservatory and in the Cologne Superior Music School. In 1968 he moved to Canada to join the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, where he held a violin chair for a decade. In 1978 he returned to Spain to become the Spanish National Orchestra's new leader, a position he held until 2001. He also served as the leader-conductor of the and a professor in Madrid Royal Conservatory, which associating with pianist in chamber music.[1]
He died on September 21, 2017. The Spanish National Orchestra's following concert on September 26, which coincidentally included Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, was dedicated to him as a memorial, with Frank Peter Zimmermann joining in his encore.[2]
Premieres[]
Date | Venue | Composer | Composition | Orchestra | Conductor |
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1986–12–19 [3] | Madrid | Conrado del Campo | (posthumous) | Spanish National | Maximiano Valdés |
References[]
- ^ Muere el violinista Víctor Martín. El País, 27 September 2017
- ^ El muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo. La Razón, 26 September 2017
- ^ Scherzo, issue 7, September 1986, p.31
- 1940 births
- 2017 deaths
- Spanish classical violinists
- Madrid Royal Conservatory alumni
- University of Toronto faculty
- 20th-century Spanish male musicians
- 21st-century male musicians
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