Diogo Martins
Cello
⟹ Portugal, 1999
⟹ 1st x Cello Biënnal
Diogo Martins graduated with the highest grade from CODARTS Rotterdam - The Netherlands under the guidance of Joachim Eijlander, and from the Superior School of Applied Arts - Portugal under the guidance of Miguel Rocha.
In September 2023, he premiered his first original solo project Second Voice, based on the works of the Portuguese singer-songwriter Jose Afonso (1929-87). Since then he has performed solo in venues such as TivoliVredenburg (Utrecht, The Netherlands) and De Doelen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), as well as at festivals including À Corda Cello Festival (Coimbra) and the International Cello Festival Zutphen (The Netherlands). He also performed as a soloist with the Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras (Portugal) in 2017, as the winner of the Lapa do Lobo Foundation’s Young Soloist Competition..
He is a founding member of the Quartz Quintet, a group with which he won 1st and 2nd prizes in the Folefest Competition (2019 and 2018 respectively), and 2nd place in the Young Musicians Prize.
Diogo Martins frequently collaborates with the Doelen Ensemble (The Netherlands) and the Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra.
