Recognized for his “captivating” and “versatile” performances (Neue Musikzeitung), Antonio Marin became the first trombonist to receive the John Cage Award in August 2023.
 
He regularly appears as a soloist and ensemble musician with leading groups such as Ensemble Modern Frankfurt, Opernhaus Zuerich, Ensemble Phoenix Basel, Collegium Novum Zuerich, Basel Sinfonietta, Dresdner Sinfoniker, Remix Ensemble Casa da Música in Porto, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Argovia Philharmonic, Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, and Orquesta del Teatro La Fenice in Venice. 

Antonio Marin began his studies with Celestino Luna in Granada before continuing his training at the Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow with Simon Johnson and John Kenny. He graduated in 2013 with the Principal´s John Wallace CBE Prize for Excellence, having also won multiple performance awards. During his time in Scotland, he was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme. Antonio Marin also participated in the Ulysses Ensemble and the Lucerne Festival Academy, and toured with the Lucerne Festival Alumni Orchestra.

In 2014, he joined the International Ensemble Modern Akademie in Frankfurt, further refining his skills and expanding his artistic horizons. A year later, he served as second trombone with the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada before moving to Switzerland to specialize in contemporary music. He earned a Master´s degree in Contemporary Music at the Musik-Akademie Basel in 2017, graduating with distinction. His pedagogical training culminated in a degree from the FHNW in 2023, where he studied with Mike Svoboda and Michael Buettler. Marin continues to receive valuable guidance from artists and pedagogues such as Fabrice Millischer, Benny Sluchin, Uwe Dierksen, Carlos Gil, Simon Johnson, Bill Forman, Byron Fulcher, Natalio Sued and Sandro Giampietro.

In addition to his performing activity, Marin is a dedicated educator, serving as a docent at the Musikschule Müllheim since 2024. He has also worked as  Trombone and Contemporary Chamber Music Professor at the Conservatorio  Superior de Música “Rafael Orozco” in Córdoba, as Docent at the Basel Musik Akademie / Musikschule Basel in Switzerland, and at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música y Danza in Mallorca. 

January 2025

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