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RUBÉN MARTÍNEZ ORTIZ

Our director was born in Reinosa, Cantabria (northern Spain) and began studying at the Valladolid Conservatory when he was only six years old. He soon became a member of different choirs and a solo performer. He graduated with Honors from the Madrid Royal Conservatory and later improved his technique at the Superior Singing School under the guidance of Miguel Barrosa and Antonio Campó.
He studied Gregorian Singing with Asensio, Sáinz de Buruaga and González Barrionuevo, as well as Polyphony with Father Samuel Rubio. He studied Choral Direction at the official institution and attended the following courses: Santiago de Compostela Polyphony, Medina del Campo Choral Direction (Conduction) with Alberto Blancafort, Darcoa Ancient Music Course with Martin Schmidt, Lérida International Music Course with Laszlo Heltay and Johan Duyck, Zaragoza Choral Singing and Direction, Kodaly Method in Hungary, Choral Direction International Course of Sines (Portugal) and Musical Analysis at the Cantabria University.
As a singer, he has given many solo performances in operas such as La Traviata and El Barbero de Sevilla, and in choral symphonic masterpieces such as the Requiem by Mozart and the Nelson Mass by Haydn, among many others. He has been an official member of the RTVE choir since 1993, and was sub-conductor between 1994 and 1998.
As a teacher he has been involved in the following courses: 1st Madrid Choral Direction Course, Choral Direction Improvement for the teachers of the Galicia Conservatory, Pedagogy and Psychology of the Musical Teaching for the teachers of the Orense Conservatory. He has taught Direction and Vocal Technique for Choirs in the Medina del Campo Choral Direction courses since 1993.
In the field of Choral Direction he founded the San Fernando Choir, and has conducted the El Madroño Choral Group, the Juan del Encina Choir, and the Madrid Capella Choir. He conducts the Laberinto de Fortuna vocal camera group, the Madrid Doctors and Graduates College Choir and, of course, since 1988, the Gaudeamus Choir. |