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Based in Vienna, Martín graduated from the Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears. He is currently continuing his studies at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien with Michaela Reingruber and Barbara Strack-Hanisch.
He has also taken masterclasses with artists such as François Guye, Jean-Marie Londeix, Thomas Indermhüle, Timothy McAllister, Lars Mlekusch, Daniel Gauthier and Marie-Bernadette Charrier, to name a few.
Highlights include a concert as a soloist performing music by J. Ibert with the Webern Sinfonietta conducted by Vladimir Kiradijev and two concerts performing music by Cristóbal Halffter with the Orquesta del Lyceum de la Habana conducted by Jose A. Mendez and the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba conducted by Lars Mlekusch.
As a chamber musician, Martín has won prestigious competitions including the 88th Concurso Juventudes Musicales de España, the Thailand International Wind Symphony Competition, Impro-Parcours 2, "ArtJove Musica de Cámara", the Opus International Music Competition 2019 and a silver medal at the 1st Vienna International Competition.
He has been invited to festivals such as Kultursommer Nordhessen, Festival Jong Talent Schiermonnikoog, Two Days and Two Nights Odessa, Singapore Saxophone Symposium and III Festival Internacional Bellas Artes Cali.
As a soloist, he has also won the Leonard Bernstein-Institutswettbewerb, the 22nd semi-final of the Osaka International Competition in Vienna, the IV Danubia Talents Liszt International Competition, and he has received a scholarship from the Anny Felbermayer Fund and the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.
Martín Castro has given masterclasses in saxophone and chamber music at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Luis Gianneo Conservatory of Music.
He was also one of the juries of the “Hunan Wind Instrument Competition 2018”, “I Concurso Latinoamericano de Cuarteto de Saxofones” and “ArtJove 2019”.
Committed to new music, he has worked with composers such as Wolfgang Rihm, Gabriel Erkoreka, Ramon Lazkano, Felix Ibarrondo, Simone Movio, Volodymyr Runchak, Anton Alcalde, Javier Girotto, Aaron Siebert, Donald Yu and Antonio Lauzurika.
