Estibaliz Martyn

ESTÍBALIZ MARTYN is a young, elegant and beautiful Spanish actress -multifaceted artist-, highlighting her versatility in various facets: Actress, Singer, Pianist, Model, Lyrical Soprano and Dancer.

CINEMA:

Her passion for cinema and acting led her to fully train and carry out her acting training at the Juan Carlos Corazza Studio for the Actor (Madrid) and at the TAI Arts and Entertainment University School (Madrid). In 2016, she trained with Cornelius Horgan (Actors Studio in New York) and completed her acting training in front of the camera at the Cinema Room with Christopher Geitz and Mar Sampedro.

Currently, she is involved as an actress in the film El Laberinto, by Ignacio Oliva (2023, Post-production), in the series Welcome to Edén for Netflix (2023, Brutal Media), and in the Soundtrack of the 4th/ 5th season of ELITE (Netflix), composed by Lucas Vidal.

She has worked on the film La Voz del Sol (2023), directed by Carol Polakoff and is working with MEDIAPRO on her current production. Pay homage to the people who died in the Pandemic -directed by Antonio Cuadri and Isabel de Azcarraga-, broadcast via streaming to more than 38,000 people.

Between 2015 and 2016 she works on Televisión Española (TvE1), also doing dubbing voice Lyrical Singing in the series 6 Hermanas (Leading Actress). Likewise, Estíbaliz Martyn participates in the film Todos están muertos (2014), directed by Beatriz Sanchís/ Elena Anaya and makes the production La Città dei Sogni in Varese (Italy).

Currently, she has several audiovisual projects planned both in Spain and abroad and has starred in the short films Serás (2020), La querida (2021), Reencuentro (2022). In addition to her interpretation and acting profile, her voice is required in music for films, documentaries and works for the Disney/Pixar factory.

Right now, Estíbaliz Martyn is immersed and focused on her artistic life, carrying out international film, musical and theater projects in Europe, the United States, Latin America, the United Arab Emirates and China.

OPERA / THEATER / PIANO / DANCE:

Estíbaliz Martyn stars in the Opera El Ángel de Fuego by S.Prokófiev (2022), directed by Calixto Bieito at the Teatro Real in Madrid, in co-production with the Opernhaus in Zürich (Switzerland). She is part of the Young Artist Program Crescendo 2021 of the Teatro Real de Madrid and has worked at the Teatro Real de Madrid as Soprano Soloist on several occasions.

She works in Italy with Maestro Riccardo Muti and Cristina Mazzavillani-Muti at the Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna (Ravenna Festival, 2017) and Teatro Municipale di Piacenza (Oct 2018). She stars in LA TRAVIATA at the Macerata Opera Festival 2021 (Italy), directed by Henning Brockhaus.

She has worked at the Teatro Español in Madrid, at the Teatro de La Zarzuela in Madrid (latest production: 24H lying, Maestro Fco. Alonso), and at the National Music Auditorium in Madrid as Soprano Soloist. In 2019, she replaces Ainhoa Arteta in the Unicef Concert held at the National Auditorium in Madrid, and she opens the 59th Cuenca Religious Music Week, together with the conductor Cristóbal Soler and the composer Fabián Panisello.

Likewise, Estíbaliz Martyn sings and performs with the Chinese National Orchestra at the National Music Auditorium in Madrid (March, 2023), on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Spain.

She plays Andi in the play Die Omama im Apfelbaum (Elisabeth Naske), Frau Pearce (Pygmalion-My fair Lady) at the Rudolstadt Theater in Germany. Likewise, referring to her lyrical repertoire, she premieres different leading roles such as Juliette (Roméo et Juliette, C.Gounod), Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann, J.Offenbach), Gilda (Rigoletto, G.Verdi), Queen of the Night ( The Magic Flute, W.A.Mozart), Ofelia (Hamlet, A.Thomas), Nannetta (Falstaff, G.Verdi), Giulietta (Capuletti e Montecchi, V.Bellini), Linda (Linda di Chamounix, G.Donizetti), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera, G. Verdi), La Contessa di Folleville (Il viaggio a Reims, G.Rossini) and Violetta Valéry (La Traviata, G.Verdi) in Weimar (National Theater Studio and Belvedere Studio HFM Weimar, Germany) between the years 2014-2016.

She has performed in various venues such as the Carole Nash Room & Concert Hall RNCM (Manchester), National Liberal Club (London), Fashion Art Center (New York), Cadogan Hall (London), Sferisterio di Macerata (Italy), Sala Manuel de Falla (Madrid), Teatro Calderón (Madrid), Teatro Apolo (Barcelona), Reina Victoria (Madrid), Palacio Ducal de Medinaceli, BKA-Theater (Berlin), Teatro Dante Alighieri di Ravenna (Italy), Romanian National Opera (Bucharest, Romania), Sala Berlanga in Madrid, Conde Duque Cultural Center (Madrid), Alzira National Theater, Joaquín Rodrigo Auditorium (Las Rozas, Madrid), Giner National Theater (Valencia), Amaia KZ (Irún, Basque Country), Adán Martín Auditorium (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Tribueñe Theater (Madrid), Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt (Germany), Bretón de los Herreros Theater (Logroño) and Gaudí Theater (Barcelona), Madrid National Music Auditorium and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week/ Cibeles Catwalk Fashion Show 2023 (Spring-Summer 2023).

Estibaliz Martyn develops a deep and charismatic interpretation on stage. Critics have praised her beautiful, consistent and homogeneous vocal color throughout, as well as the breadth of her vocal register and her great facility for coloratura and high register. Musicality, precise diction, sense of style and careful interpretations have resulted in numerous recordings for numerous record labels.

Regarding her musical career, she carried out her Higher and Professional Music Career, beginning her studies in Piano and Classical and Contemporary dance at the age of 4. Likewise, she began to develop her studies in Theater and Interpretation three years later.

At the age of 18, she finished her Official Music Studies specializing in PIANO at the Professional Music Conservatory, and at the same age she was admitted to the Escuela Superior de Canto in Madrid, where she studied SINGING with teachers Ana Fernaud and Carmen Rodriguez-Aragon. At the age of 21, she is admitted to the German High School Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar (Thuringia) where she graduates with the highest marks, both in Piano and Singing. Curiously, by nature, she not only studies classical music but has also explored different styles such as Jazz, Musical Theater or Song. She deepens the Musical Theater genre in Spain with the direction of the artist Ángela Carrasco and exercises the Speech Level Singing and Voice Craft techniques with the vocal coach José María Sepúlveda.

Afterwards, she did a Master in Operngesang und Musiktheater with the baritone Siegfried Gohritz and the teacher Sabine Lahm (HFM Franz Liszt, Weimar). She is admitted to the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (United Kingdom) – Summer Course 2016 London MasterClasses- with Norma Fisher (LMC artistic director), with Nelly Miricioiu and Benjamin Zander. In 2017 she was accepted at the Trinity Royal College of Music in London (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance) and was part of the London Bel Canto Festival 2017 with Ken Querns (artistic director of LBCF), Bruce Ford and Nelly Miricioiu. Likewise, Estibaliz Martyn is a vocal and acting coach, and in 2019 she completed the Master’s Degree in Voice Pathology and Vocal Rehabilitation at the Alcalá de Henares Faculty of Medicine (Madrid). She organizes personal and business coaching focused on “Care of the Spoken and Sung Professional Voice”.

In 2020, she completed the Official Master’s Degree in Artistic Education, and graduated with honors from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid. Due to her pedagogical interest, she takes courses in Educational Sociology, Educational Psychology and Coaching for teachers at the Rey Juan Carlos University, Antonio de Nebrija University and Camilo José Cela University (Madrid).

Estíbaliz does PhD/Doctorate in Music, its Science and Technology (Interpretation and Artistic Creation) at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. She has worked as a teacher and co-author of the subject “Interpretation and Artistic Creation – Acting and musical, vocal and instrumental expression” for students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching with a Mention in Music Education, at the European University of Madrid. In addition, she’s selected to publish and exhibit articles and research on music and performative activities at various International Conferences on Music and Culture for Inclusion and Innovation.

Her technical and style knowledge of the different repertoires have led her to teach at conferences and master classes on vocal technique and repertoire for international academic institutions. Currently, Estíbaliz Martyn develops her artistic profession on stage and, in turn, is involved as a specialist teacher and coordinator in charge of the department of the Master of Artistic Teaching in Singing and Operatic Interpretation.

Apart from her artistic career, she also completed a Degree in Literature and Modern Languages (German, English, Italian, Russian and French) at the Complutense University of Madrid. And, similarly, in Germany she continued her university studies at the Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar. In addition, she is an official examiner of the Cervantes Institute since 2019 and completed the “Official Master’s Degree in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language” in 2020, at the VIU (Valencian International University).

MUSICAL THEATER / PREMIERED WORKS:

In LA GRAN VÍA MADRILEÑA (Teatro de La Luz Philips Gran Vía), she stars in the World Premiere of Don Juan, a Musical to Blood and Fire based on the famous work by José Zorrilla: Don Juan Tenorio. She performs the Main Role Doña Inés de Ulloa. Dir. Nacho García/ Julio Awad.

Musical Vlad (Plácido Domingo/ Plácido Domingo Jr.) Estíbaliz Martyn premieres and stars in the Main Role of Mina Murray in the Musical VLAD, based on the work Dracula, by Bram Stoker. As of December 2018, she performs the World Premier and between 2018 and 2019 she stars in the Spanish Tournée. Likewise, she sings together with Maestro Plácido Domingo at the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid (June 2019) as Soprano Soloist, concert directed by Jordi Bernàcer (Director of Ópera San Francisco) and Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir.

Vaudeville / Musical Magazine 24 hours lying, Mtro. Fco. Alonso (2018), premiered at the Teatro de la Zarzuela (Madrid). Main Role: Toto. Dir. Jesus Castejón.

Musical Theater Concert Tour in Spain with Ángela Carrasco (Musical Theatre) between 2009-2012. Musicals performed: The Phantom of the Opera (Christine), West Side Story (Maria), Les Misérables (Cosette), Wicked (Glinda) and Love Never Dies (Christine).

Opera Klara (Pedro Halffter), work for two pianos and Soprano, inspired by Artificial Intelligence, accompanied by the pianist Eduardo Frías and the conductor and composer Pedro Halffter. Released in 2023.

Work Four Haiku Clover (Domingo J. Sánchez). Together with the Japanese pianist Haruko Tamaki, Estíbaliz Martyn performs four lieder that represent the rebirth of a person. Performed in Japanese, English and Spanish. Recorded in 2023 and available on digital platforms.

Between the years 2021-2022-2023 she works at the XXIII and XXIV Madrid International Contemporary Music Festival COMA premiering works by the composer Constancio Hernáez «O Magnum Mysterium» (2022), «Ad Pacem» (2023), «Ave María» ( 2023).

Work I, Claudius (2019) by Robert Graves. Dir. Igor Escudero. Estíbaliz Martyn premieres in Spain the leading role -Messalina- at the Roman Theater in Mérida, Euskalduna Bilbao Palace, Madrid National Music Auditorium, Miguel Delibes Valladolid Auditorium and Zaragoza Auditorium.

At the SPANISH THEATER IN MADRID, she premieres an Auto sacramental Where the nightingale looks when a branch creaks, starring in the main role (María). Directed by Irina Kuberskaya and Mikhail Studyonov.

Alice in Wonderland (2015), at Belvedere Theater Weimar, Germany. Main Role: Alice. Directed by Veit Wiesler and Johannes Harneit.

MODEL:

Estíbaliz Martyn has walked the catwalk at the Cibeles Madrid (2023). She is a model of the Madrid Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 2023. Designer and Signature: PEDRO DEL HIERRO. In addition, she has sung in the «Opera Prima» Parade (2023, Pedro del Hierro) in MBFW2023.

Likewise, she has worked with the designer Maria Clè Leal (Mercedes-Benz Fashion Talent Award), Nuit Blanche Haute Couture (Dedal de Oro de la Moda 2014 Award), María LaFuente (Cibeles Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid 2016 Catwalk) and Klara Guillén .

AWARDS AND HONORS:

She has been awarded in different National and International Competitions such as Compétition de l’Opéra (Bucharest, Romania), POA – Paris Opera Awards, AAESCM 2015 Final Bachelor Degree Award, Villa de Colmenar Viejo, International Singing Competition “Un Futuro deARTE” (Medinaceli ), International Singing Contest «City of Logroño».

She has received awards and scholarships from Altamar Capital Partners and Juventudes Musicales de Madrid in the XXVII, XXVIII and XXIX Editions of the Contest (2016, 2017 and 2018), obtaining First Prize for three consecutive years under the Honorary Presidency of SS. MM. Queen Doña Sofía.

Likewise, she is a Winner in the International Singing Competition “Luis Mariano” of Irún, in the XIV City of Seville New Voices Contest and in the IV International Singing Competition Ópera de Tenerife.

Nominated for Best Leading Actress at the X Edition of the Musical Theater Awards (Spain), and Finalist at Neue Stimmen 2017 International Singing Competition, Gütersloh – Germany (Final Round). 1st Finalist in IV Concorso Internazionale di Canto di Portofino 2018 (Italy), Winner of the V International Singing Contest Un Futuro de Arte 2018 (Medinaceli) for the second consecutive year and winner of the International Singing Contest “City of Albacete” 2018.

She is a Finalist for Spain (Spanish Representative) in the Grand Final of China Water Cube Cup 2022 (China, 2022).

MASTERCLASS:

She has received Masterclasses from Alain Vigneau, Claudio Naranjo, Andrés Neumann, 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.

In addition to dedicating her life to Cinema, Theater and Music, she experiences a growing attraction for scriptwriting, dramaturgy, production and cinematographic and audiovisual direction. In 2023 she completes the RCC-Harvard Business Executive Program for Managers, at Harvard University (United States).

Her native language is Spanish.

She speaks fluently English and Italian and has a good knowledge of German, French and Russian (Official Degree in all languages).

UPDATED: 2023