ANGEL GARCIA MARTINEZ

Ángel García Martínez was born in Benifaió into a family of musicians. One of his grandmothers played the violin and the other the piano, his grandfather, his uncle and cousin played the clarinet, another uncle the trumpet. Obviously the path to follow was obvious.
He began his studies of euphonium with the teachers Ángel Tomás, Joaquín Vidal and Salvador Pellicer. When he reached the professional level, he changed the euphonium for the tuba and continued studying with Jose Manuel Miñana and Vicente López at the conservatories of Valencia and Castellón.
As an instrumentalist he has collaborated and formed part of numerous orchestras and municipal bands of the Spanish geography.
In the world of Chamber Music, as a soloist he has premiered music by Maties Far, Eduardo Nogueroles, José Grau or Andrés Valero. From this last composer he premiered the piece "Variations on a theme by Vivaldi" for Tuba and Woodwind Quintet. The Quintet that performed in the premiere was formed by members of the New York Philharmonic and was conducted by the composer himself, being recorded on CD by ML Productions.
As a teacher he has taught in different music schools in Mallorca and the Valencian Community. Also in the conservatories "Narciso Yepes" of Lorca and the Professional of Murcia.
As a composer he has been awarded on several occasions in the field of festive music. He has also been a finalist in the pasodoble contest of the "Fallera Mayor de Valencia" and the "II Concurso de Composición Reinas de Segorbe". In 2019 he has been the winner of the 1st and 2nd prize in the "6th International Composition Contest Música Jove" for youth bands. He has also been deserving of the First Prize in the Elementary Level Ensemble category of the Spanish Association of Tubas and Euphoniums contest. Internationally, he has been finalist of the "Harvey Philips Composition Award 2019" organized by the International Tuba-Euphonium Association.
In another order, his pieces for euphonium and piano "Drops", "Balada d'Argent", "Guía Práctica del Vampiro", "West!" and this “The Blowing & the Windy Circus” are test pieces in national competitions and are part of the Tuba course program at many conservatories.
He is currently a fully active musician in three facets: teaching, performing and composing.
Since 2008, he teaches Tuba and Chamber Music at the Conservatory of Cartagena and since 2006 at the music school of the Ateneu Musical d' Albalat de Ribera. He also teaches since 2006 at the Ateneu Musical d' Albalat de la Ribera music school.