Salvador Martínez Tos is the Solo Flute of the Valencia Orchestra and Deputy Professor of the Flute Department at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid.
Born in Valencia in 1968, he studied at the Superior Conservatory of Music of Valencia with Mª Dolores Tomàs and at the “Rotterdam Conservatorium” in Holland with Jacques Zoon. Likewise, during his studies, he participated in various master classes, receiving advice from professors such as Alain Marion, Barthold Kuijken, and Raymond Guiot. Awarded on several occasions, he won first prize in competitions such as the Bach Society of Madrid and Juventudes Musicales de España.
He has been Solo Flute of the “Ciudad de Granada” Orchestra and the “Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya” Orchestra, working with conductors such as Dudamel, Inbal, Gergiev, Sanderling, Herbig, Fedosseyev, Plason, Mehta, and Hogwood, among others.
He carries out extensive pedagogical work both in Spain and abroad. He has given Master Classes at the Superior Conservatory of Lisbon (Portugal), the Superior Conservatory of Graz (Austria), and at the International Festival “Cittá di Penne” (Pescara) in Italy. He is frequently invited to be part of the teaching staff of youth orchestras in the Valencian Community (JOCV), the Region of Murcia (JORM), Catalonia (JONC), Spain (JONDE), and Colombia (OFJC).
He has been a professor at L’Escola Superior de Música de Cataluña (ESMUC) as well as in the “Expert in Musical Analysis and Interpretation” course, a proprietary degree from the University of Oviedo (Asturias). He is part of the jury in various national and international competitions and examinations, such as those of the Spanish Flutists Association (AFE), the Colombian Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, the Franz Cibulka Musikwettbewerb International Flute Competition in Graz (Austria), and the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree examinations of the “Haute École de Musique de Genève” (Switzerland).
Salvador Martínez regularly plays a Muramatsu 14k flute and his Moritz Max Mönnig, an ebony wood flute built at the beginning of the 20th century.