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Gustavo Martin Sánchez (Tenor)

Born: Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

The German-born Spanish tenor, Gustavo Martín Sánchez, began his musical career with the Regensburger Domspatzen. He studied singing at the University of Music and Theater in Munich with Professor Rita Hirner-Lill, song class with Professor Dr. Siegfried Mauser and oratorio class with Professor Hanns-Martin Schneidt. He was supported during his studies by the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation "Live Music Now". He also took part in Rossini master-classes with Raúl Giménez and Alberto Zedda.

Gustavo Martín Sánchez gained opera experience as a student at the August Everding Theater Academy in Munich and as a guest at various opera houses and opera festivals. His opera repertoire ranges from the Baroque to the modern, with Rossini and Donizetti preferred as "tenore di grazia" and also at home. In the oratorio field, he covers the repertoire of Baroque oratorios by J.S. Bach and George Frideric Handel, through Mendelssohn, to the modern of Hiller's Augustinus or The Carpenter's Son. He gave concerts with orchestras such as the L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Münchner Symphoniker, Bochum Symphony Orchestra, Dortmund Philharmonic, Philharmonie Südwestfalen and young Münchner Philharmoniker.

Gustavo Martín Sánchez has had performances at "Days of Early Music" in Regensburg with the Regensburger Domspatzen, in Rome and Castel Gandolfo with Pope Benedict XVI, and is invited to festivals such as "Festival Mallorca" and "Carl Orff Days". Has sung in important concert halls such as the Munich Philharmonic Gasteig, Herkulessaal, Festspielhaus Füssen, Audimax Bochum etc.

World premieres such as the opera W-the truth beyond and the St.Francis Symphony. Broadcasts on ORF, 3Sat and BR (also DVD), CD recordings of Neapolitan canzones, Spanish songs and operettas and live recordings show his diverse repertoire.

He has had voice training experience with several Dortmund choirs, including the Bach Choir. He currently supports the Essen Cathedral Boys' Choir and the Cathedral Choir, as well as the Marl Music Community.


Sources:
Gustavo Martín Sánchez Website
Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (November 2025)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

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Works

Peter Scholl

Tenor

[C25-10] (2025, Video): BWV 45

Links to other Sites

Gustavo Martin Sánchez - Tenor (Official Website) [German/English]
Gustavo Martin Sanchez on Facebook


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