Salvador Martínez Tos is principal flute of the Orquesta de Valencia and assistant professor at the Flute Chair of the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid.
He was born in Valencia in 1968. He studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Valencia with Mª Dolores Tomàs and at the Rotterdam Conservatorium (The Netherlands) with Jacques Zoon. During his studies, he also participated in various masterclasses, receiving guidance from renowned professors such as Alain Marion, Barthold Kuijken and Raymond Guiot. He has received several awards, including First Prize at the Bach Society Competition in Madrid and at Juventudes Musicales de España.
He has served as principal flute of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada and the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, working with conductors such as Dudamel, Inbal, Gergiev, Sanderling, Herbig, Fedosseyev, Plasson and Mehta, among others.
He carries out an extensive pedagogical activity both in Spain and internationally. He has given masterclasses at the Lisbon Higher Conservatory (Portugal), the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts (Austria), and at the “Città di Penne” International Festival (Pescara, Italy). He is also frequently invited to join the teaching staff of youth orchestras such as the Youth Orchestra of the Valencian Community (JOCV), the Youth Orchestra of the Region of Murcia (JORM), the National Youth Orchestra of Catalonia (JONC), the Spanish National Youth Orchestra (JONDE), and the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of Colombia (OFJC).
He has been a professor at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC) and has also taught in the “Expert in Musical Analysis and Interpretation” programme at the University of Oviedo (Asturias). He regularly serves as a jury member in national and international competitions and examinations, including those of the Spanish Flute Association (AFE), the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of Colombia, the Franz Cibulka International Flute Competition (Graz, Austria), and bachelor’s and master’s examinations at the Haute École de Musique de Genève (Switzerland).
Salvador Martínez performs regularly on a Muramatsu 14k flute and on his Moritz Max Mönnig ebony wooden flute, built in the early 20th century.