Estibaliz Martyn

ESTÍBALIZ MARTYN is a Spanish Actress -multifaceted artist-, highlighting her versatility in various facets: Actress, Singer, Pianist, Model and Dancer.

Estibaliz was born in Madrid (Spain) in 1993. Currently 27 years old. She began her studies in Piano and Classical & Contemporary dance when she was four years old. She began to study acting techniques and theatrical interpretation three years later. At 18, she completed her piano studies at the Conservatory “Montserrat Caballé” in Arganda del Rey (Madrid) and was admitted to the Escuela Superior de Canto in Madrid, where she began to study classical singing with teachers Carmen Rodríguez-Aragón and Ana Fernaud. At 21 she was admitted to the German high school Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar (Thuringia) where she graduated with honors and highest marks. Curious, by nature, she studies not only classical music but has explored different styles such as Jazz, Musical Theater or Song as well. She deepens in Spain the Musical Theater genre with the direction of the artist Angela Carrasco and exercises and implements Speech Level Singing and Voice Craft techniques with vocal coach José María Sepúlveda.

She completed her acting training in the Juan Carlos Corazza Studio for actors and at the TAI Arts and Entertainment University School (Madrid) while at the same time completing a Degree in Literature and Modern Languages at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Similarly, in Germany she continued her university studies at the Bauhaus- University Weimar, and her acting training with Roman Hovenbitzer and Veit Wiesler. Between 2015 and 2016 she studied a Master’s degree in “Operngesang und Musiktheater” with the baritone Siegfried Gohritz and the teacher Sabine Lahm (Thuringia, Germany). She was admitted to the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (United Kingdom) -Summer Course 2016 London MasterClasses – with Norma Fisher (artistic director of LMC), Nelly Miricioiu and Benjamin Zander. In August – September2016 she was admitted in Actors Studio New York – Training in Drama and she also trains with Cornelius Horgan. In August 2017 she was admitted to the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, UK in London and likewise, she participates in London Bel Canto Festival with Ken Querns (artistic director of LBCF), Bruce Ford and Nelly Miricioiu. Likewise, Estibaliz Martyn is vocal and acting coach, and in 2019 she holds a Masters in Pathology of the Voice/ Specialization in Rehabilitation of Professional Voice at Medicine Faculty of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). She organizes personal and business coaching focused on “Caring for the spoken and sung Professional Voice”.

In the year 2020 she finished the «Official Master’s Degree in Artistic Teaching», and graduated with honors from the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid. In addition, she has been an official examiner of the Instituto Cervantes since 2019 and finishes the “Official Master’s Degree in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language” in 2020, at VIU (Valencian International University). Due to her pedagogical interest, she takes courses in Sociology of Education, Educational Psychology and Coaching for Teachers at Rey Juan Carlos University, Antonio de Nebrija University and Camilo José Cela University (Madrid).

She has received master classes from Christopher Geitz and Mar Sampedro (CinemaRoom Madrid Acting Studio), Alain Vigneau, Claudio Naranjo and Andrés Neumann (at Estudio Corazza para el Actor), Nacha Guevara, Christa Ludwig, Montserrat Caballé, Michael Dussek, Roman Trekel, Wolfram Rieger, Reri Grist, Nathalie Dessay, Dolora Zajick, Ileana Cotrubas, Dalton Baldwin, Catherine Foster, Helmut Deutsch, Juan Diego Flórez and Gianluigi Gelmetti.

She is winner in different national and international competitions as Villa de Colmenar Viejo (10Edition), Int.Sing. Competition Un Futuro deARTE (Medinaceli), Compétition de l’Opéra” (Bucharest, Romania), POA- Paris Opera Awards 2015, AAESCM Prize 2015 Final degree, Winner in XXXIV Int. Sing.Competition “Ciudad de Logroño. She is awarded  and gets various scholarships by Altamar Capital Partners and Jeunesses Musicales de Madrid in the XVII, XXVIII and XXIX Edition (2016, 2017 and 2018) obtaining the First Prize for three consecutive years under the Presidency of Honor of SS. MM. Queen Sofia. Winner in the XIII Luis Mariano Int. Sing. Competition (Irún), 1st Finalist in XIV Certamen Nuevas Voces ‘Ciudad de Sevilla’ and 1st Finalist in IV Int. Sing. Competition Ópera de Tenerife (Tenerife Island). She is nominated for Best Main Actress in the Musical Theater Awards (Spain 2017 – 10 Edition). She is Finalist (Final Round) in Neue Stimmen 2017 International Singing Competition, Gütersloh – Germany. 1st Finalist in IV Concorso Internazionale di Canto di Portofino 2018 (Italy), Winner of the V International Singing Competition A Future of Art 2018 (Medinaceli) for the second consecutive year and Winner in I Int. Sing. Competition “Ciudad de Albacete” 2018.

She has worked in Teatro Real de Madrid on several occasions. She works in Italy with Signora Cristina Mazzavillani-Muti, Maestro Riccardo Muti and Vladimir Ovodok with Trilogia d´Autunno in Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna (Nov 2017) and Teatro Municipale di Piacenza (Oct 2018). She has worked in Teatro Español de Madrid, at the Teatro de La Zarzuela in Madrid, in Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid (Soprano Solo). Estíbaliz Martyn opens the SMR of Cuenca (Religious Music Week 2019) with director Cristóbal Soler and accompanied by the harpsichordist Ignasi Jordá. She performed Andi (Die Omama im Apfelbaum – Elizabeth Naske), Frau Pearce (Pygmalion – My fair Lady) in Rudolstadt Theater (Germany). Likewise, she premiered different roles as Juliette (Roméo et Juliette, Gounod), Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Offenbach), Gilda (Rigoletto, Verdi), Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute, Mozart), Ofelia (Hamlet, A.Thomas), Nannetta (Falstaff, Verdi), Giulietta (Capuletti e Montecchi, Bellini) and Linda (Linda di Chamounix, Donizetti) in Weimar (National Theater Studio and Belvedere Studio HFM Weimar, Germany) between 2014-2016. She has performed in various venues such as the Carole Nash Room & Concert Hall RNCM in Manchester, National Liberal Club in London, Fashion Art Center in New York, Cadogan Hall in London, Sala Berlanga in Madrid, Centro cultura Conde Duque (Madrid), Teatro Nacional de Alzira, Auditorium Joaquín Rodrigo (Las Rozas, Madrid), Teatro Nacional de Giner (Valencia), Sala Manuel de Falla (Madrid), Teatro Calderón (Madrid), Teatro Apolo (Barcelona), Reina Victoria (Madrid), Ducal Palace of Medinaceli, BKA-Theater (Berlin), Teatro Dante Alighieri di Ravenna (Italy), Romanian National Opera (Bucharest, Romania), Amaia KZ (Irún, Basque Country), Auditorium Adán Martín (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Teatro Tribueñe (Madrid ), Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt (Germany), Bretón de los Herreros Theater (Logroño) and Teatro Gaudí (Barcelona).

In 2013 she participated in the second edition of the Television Contest ´The Voice – Spain´. Between the years 2015- 2016 she works in 6 Sisters – a film for Spanish Television (TvE1) doing the “operatic voice” vocal dubbing of the lyrical singing (protagonist actress). Likewise, Estíbaliz Martyn participates in the film «Todos están muertos» (2014), directed by Beatriz Sanchís / Elena Anaya. As a model, she has worked with the designer Maria Clé Leal (Mercedes Benz Fashion Talent Prize), Nuit Blanche Haute Couture (Gold Thimble Award of fashion 2014), María LaFuente (Cibeles footbridge Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid 2016) and Klara Guillén.

From August to December 2016, she played Doña Inés de Ulloa, the main character in the Gran Via Madrileña. She plays the World Premiere of Don Juan Tenorio, a Musical to blood and Fire, based on the famous work of José Zorrilla: Don Juan Tenorio (Theater of Light Philips Gran Via) Spain.

She premiered in Spain the role Protagonist – Messalina- in the “Opera I, Claudius” (Robert Graves) in the Roman Theater of Mérida, Euskalduna Palace Bilbao, National Auditorium of Music of Madrid, Auditorium Miguel Delibes Valladolid and Auditorium of Zaragoza (June 2019).

ESTÍBALIZ MARTYN plays the main role of MINA MURRAY  (Main Character) in the VLAD Musical, composed and produced by Plácido Domingo and Plácido Domingo Jr. From December 2018, she plays the World Premiere and during the years 2018 and 2019, she plays MINA in Spanish Tour. Likewise, she sings together with Plácido Domingo in the Cathedral of La Almudena in Madrid (2019, June) as Soprano Soloist, concert directed by Jordi Bernàcer (Dir. San Francisco Opera) and Orchestra and Coro Filarmonía de Madrid.

In addition to dedicating her life to Film/ Cinema, Theater and Music, she experiences a growing attraction to screenwriting and film and audiovisual directing. Though her mother tongue is Spanish, she also speaks English and Italian fluently, and has a good knowledge in German, French and Russian.

UPDATED: July 2020