Uxía Martínez-Botana

Department of Classical and Contemporary Music

umartinez@esmuc.cat

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Uxía Martínez

Concerts

As a solo Double Bassist, she has performed with orchestras such as the Sinfónica de Galícia under the direction of Dima Slobodeniouk, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the New European Ensemble, and has given numerous solo recitals in Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Career

She has served as the principal Double Bassist of the "Kremerata Baltica" under the direction of Gidon Kremer and as a guest principal Double Bassist in the Orchestre de Auvergne, RSNO (Royal Scottish National Orchestra), SCO (Scottish Chamber Orchestra), Philharmonie Zuid-Nederland, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, and the Orquesta Filharmónica de Gran Canaria.

She has also worked as a Double Bassist in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic, and Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

Currently, she is the principal Double Bassist of the Brussels Philharmonic and the Weinberger Kammerorchester (Zurich) under the direction of Gabor Tacks-Nagy.

She was named Artist of the Year in Japan in 2016, Artist of the Year in Ukraine in 2012, and the first female Double Bassist to be included in the yearbook of the Department of Arts at the University of Florence as one of the most influential double bassists of the new millennium.