MARTÍNEZ GALLEGO

Francisco José Martínez Gallego started studying music in the Music School of the S.M. "La Armónica" in San Antonio, and later went on to study in the Conservatories of Murcia, Torrent and Valencia, where he received his degree in clarinet.

In 1998 he began to take an interest in band conducting and started to further his studies with José Rafael Pascual Vilaplana.

However, it was in composition where he was to achieve his maximum potential. He furthered his training with Daniel Flors, Miguel Ángel Matéu and Teodoro Aparicio.

In 2010 he finished his degree in composition at the Superior Conservatory of Castellón, where he was taught by Ferrer Ferrán, César Cano, Miguel Ángel Berbis, Claudia Montero, Jesús Vizcaino and Emilio Calandín.

In 2000 he won first prize in the First Altea National Festive Music Contest and in 2002 he also won first prize in the Second Calpe Festive Music Composition Contest. In 2005 he won first prize in the symphonic music composition contest for the Finestrat Wind Band. In 2009 he won first prize in the Sant Joan de Moró Pasodoble Composition Competition. He has won numerous accessit prizes, awards for second place and reached the final of many composition contests.

He has composed an extensive catalogue of work, including more than 20 pasodobles, Moorish marches, procession marches, chamber music and symphonic music for band and orchestra.

He is a member of SGAE, COSICOVA and ACMMIC.

He is currently the conductor of the S. M. "El Arte" of Sinarcas (Valencia) and teaches clarinet, harmony, analysis, and composition at the Quart de Poblet "Mestre Molins" Training Center.