David Martínez González

Born in Valencia (Spain) in 2007. Since 2024, he has been a student at the Reina Sofía School of Music, in the Telefónica Violin Chair, with Professor Christoph Poppen. He holds scholarships from AIE-Sociedad de Artistas, Intérpretes y Ejecutantes and Fundación Albéniz. In 2026, he received the Diploma for the most outstanding student of his chair from Her Majesty Queen Sofía.

He began his violin studies at the age of three with his mother and, throughout his training, has expanded and perfected his technique by participating in courses and masterclasses with renowned international professors and soloists such as Akiko Ooi, Pilar Marín, Raúl Arias, Tatiana Liberova, Aylen Pritchin, Gjorgi Dimcevski, Sergey Khachatryan, Ioana Cristina Goicea, Afonso Fesh, Rivka Golani, Miguel Colom, Noah Bendix, Marco Rizzi, Vadim Gluzman, Nora Chastain, Ulf Wallin, Renaud Capuçon, and Christoph Poppen himself, among others.

Throughout his career, he has been awarded in numerous competitions: He received third prize in the “Henri Marteau” International Competition in May 2026; first prize in the Intercentros Melómano competition (higher education level) in Alicante, second prize in the Cullerarts International Violin Competition held in Cullera, first prize in the International Violin Competition “Alexey Gorohov”, and second prize in the Leonid Kogan International Violin Competition. In the field of chamber music, in 2022 he obtained second prize in the XXV “Ciutat de l’Alcora” Chamber Music Competition (Castellón), and was awarded first prize in the I “Ciutat de Manises” International Chamber Music Competition. This line of successes continued in February 2024, when he obtained first prize in the XIV Alzira Chamber Music Competition (Valencia).