Jaime Martin
Conductor
Chief conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since 2022, and music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra since 2019, with those roles currently extended until 2028 and 2027 respectively, Spanish conductor Jaime Martín has also held the positions of chief conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland (2019-2024), principal guest conductor of the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España (Spanish National Orchestra) (2022-2024), and artistic director and principal conductor of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra (2013-2022). The 2024-25 season saw Martín begin his role as principal guest conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Among the highlights of the 2024-25 season was Martín's critically acclaimed appearance and debut at the BBC Proms with BBC NOW. He also led the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in an 11-day Beethoven Festival, conducting all nine symphonies. Martín also returned to conduct the Barcelona Symphony, Spanish National, Asturias Symphony, Castilla y León and Sydney Symphony orchestras and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
Having spent many years as a highly regarded flutist, working with the most inspiring conductors of our time, Martín turned to conducting full-time in 2013 and has become very quickly sought after at the highest level.
In the 2025-26 season, Martín will lead the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on a U.K. and Europe tour beginning at the Edinburgh International Festival and concluding at the BBC Proms—marking their first full international tour since 2019. He will conduct the Gothenburg Symphony, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Strasbourg Philharmonic, RTVE Madrid, Euskadi Symphony, Aalborg Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, George Enescu Philharmonic, Queensland Symphony and New Zealand Symphony orchestras.
In recent years Martín has conducted an impressive list of orchestras that includes the Dresden Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, London Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National, Swedish Radio Symphony, Queensland Symphony, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, Essen Philharmonic and Philharmonia orchestras, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. He has forged strong relationships with renowned soloists such as Anne-Sofie von Otter, Joshua Bell, Pinchas Zukerman, Christian Tetzlaff and Viktoria Mullova, among many others. Martín has also commissioned multiple world and regional premieres of works by composers Ellen Reid, Andrew Norman, Missy Mazzoli, Derrick Spiva, Albert Schnelzer and Juan Pablo Contreras.
Martín is recording a series for Ondine Records with the Gävle Symphony Orchestra, including Brahms' Serenades No. 1 and 2, Song of Destiny, with the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, and Brahms' Piano Quartet arranged by Schoenberg, released in 2019. He has also recorded Schubert's Symphony No. 9 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica, with Orquestra de Cadaqués, plus several albums with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra for Tritó Records. In 2015, he recorded James Horner's final symphonic work, Collage, with the London Philharmonic. With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's newly launched label, Martín's recent releases include Debussy & Strauss (May 2024) featuring soprano Siobhan Stagg, Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 (November 2024), marking a new Dvořák cycle and Holst: The Planets – Deborah Cheetham Fraillon: Earth (May 2025).
As a flutist, Martín was principal flute of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, English National Opera, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and London Philharmonic Orchestra. Also sought-after as a soloist, he made a recording of Mozart flute concertos with Sir Neville Marriner, the premiere recording of Sinfonietta Concerto for Flute and Orchestra written for him by Xavier Montsalvatge and conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, and Bach works for flute, violin and piano with Murray Perahia and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for Sony.
Martín is the artistic advisor and previous artistic director of the Santander Festival. Over the last five years he has brought financial stability and created a platform for some of the most exciting artists in their fields, ranging from symphony orchestras and baroque ensembles to education workshops and ballet companies. He was also a founding member of the Orquestra de Cadaqués, with whom he was associated for 30 years, and where he was chief conductor from 2012 to 2019.
Jaime Martín is a Fellow of the Royal College of Music, London, where he was a flute professor. He now enjoys working with many of his former students in orchestras around the world.
