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Masterclass

PERCUSSION ACCESSORIES: TAMBOURINE, CASTANETS AND TRIANGLE

ROOM: Hall Timpani TIME: 15:30 DATE: 14 September

The importance of the Tambourine, Castanets and Triangle
...as creative tools for the modern percussionist.
The session will cover the following areas of study of the mentioned instruments:

A/ Technique: grip, position, strokes, rolls, wrist and fingers, playing areas.

B/ Interpretation: sound, dynamics, color, phrasing, dampening, different models and sizes of the instruments.

C/ Repertoire: Solo, orchestral and chamber.

Inaki Martin

Born in Madrid. Iñaki completed his musical studies in the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música, where he received the Master’s Degree in Percussion Diploma. He was awarded scholarships from both the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the Regional Government of Madrid in order to continue his musical studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (The Netherlands) where he received the Performer’s Diploma in Percussion (U.M. Slagwerk).
He has been member of many chamber ensembles performing music from the Renaissance to the avant-garde, having commissioned and premiered more than 50 compositions written by national and international composers. As a soloist, remarkable are his performances in the Círculo de Bellas Artes of Madrid and the Teatro Central of Sevilla playing Xenakis’ Psappha. He has also appeared with the ROSS in a few occassions, such as the premier in Spain of the Percussion Concerto by Richard R. Bennett in the Teatro de la Maestranza in 1996.
His interest in integrating music with the rest of the visual and performing arts, has led him to create solo percussion concerts based on pictures by the german painter Stephan Szczesny in 2002 and for the World Architecture Day in 2003, as well as for theater shows of Centro Dramático Nacional and Teatro Español in Madrid.
His orchestral experience dates back to 1986 as a member of the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra and regular sub for different Spanish orchestras (Sinfónica de Madrid, Sinfónica de Tenerife, Sinfónica de la RTVE, etc.), being selected in 1991 for the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, position which he still holds.
His intense pedagogical activity includes more than thirty percussion courses and masterclasses in such Conservatories as Huesca, Zaragoza, Córdoba, Ciudad Real, Sevilla and Puerto Rico as well as both the Master in Orchestral Performance and the Academy of Orchestral Studies of the Barenboim-Said Foundation. He is also regularly invited teacher to youth orchestras: OJA, OJRM, OSJA… Iñaki is not only an eclectic performer, but has also arranged and composed pieces for percussion within different instrumental ensembles.
This year Iñaki Martín will be with us during the 14th Edition of the Days of Percussion Italy and the Italy Percussion Competition! Iñaki Martín – is an “NP-drums” & “Grover - Pro - Percussion” Artist.