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 also takes up the role of Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales from the 24/25 season, and has held past positions as 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 Gävle Symphony Orchestra (2013-2022).
Recent highlights include acclaimed debut performances with the prestigious Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Dallas and Indianapolis Symphonies and the Dresden Philharmonic, his debut conducting appearances at the BBC Proms, leading the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and return visits to the Sydney Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Queensland Symphony, Colorado Symphony, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon. The 24/25 season sees him debuting with the Strasbourg Philharmonic and returning to the Sydney and Barcelona Symphonies and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and his programming with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ranges from Bach’s Brandenburg concertos and the symphonies of Haydn, Schumann and Brahms, to Gershwin, Louise Farrenc and Florence Price, and a world premiere from Laura Karpman, and with the Melbourne Symphony he conducts major symphonic repertoire including a complete Beethoven symphony cycle, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe ballet, Mahler’s 2nd symphony, and the first of a series of recordings of Dvorak’s symphonies.
Jaime Martín is a Fellow of the Royal College of Music in London, and in 2022 the jury of Spain’s Premios Nacionales de Música underlined his “pedagogical work and his constant commitment to the young generations of musicians” alongside his “indisputable musical talent and his extraordinary ability to transmit his musical idea to the ensembles with which he works”, awarding him their annual prize for his contribution to classical music.
