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Antonio Marin (*1989) is a Spanish trombonist, performer, and improviser, known for his “captivating and versatile” performances (Neue Musikzeitung). As a trombone soloist he won the John Cage Award in Halberstadt’s international competition for contemporary music.
Following his one-year residency at the International Ensemble Modern Academy (2013/14), Antonio Marin is a frequent guest of Ensemble Modern.
Antonio Marin also appears as a guest trombonist with many leading orchestras and ensembles for contemporary music, including the Zurich Opera House, Ensemble Phoenix Basel, Collegium Novum Zürich, Basel Sinfonietta, Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain (La Chaux-de-Fonds), Dresdner Sinfoniker, Remix Ensemble Casa da Música (Porto), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, and the Orchestra of Teatro La Fenice in Venice. He is also active in various new chamber music projects, including the Brass Quintet of the Argovia Philharmonic and his own HEKATE DUO for voice and trombone, together with singer Viviane Hasler. In addition, Antonio Marin is involved in jazz crossover and free improvisation projects. He collaborates, among others, with guitarist Sandro Giampietro (Helge Schneider Band), with whom he appeared as a headliner at the Zappanale Festival in 2025. During the 2025/26 season, he will perform at the Zurich Opera House in Wie du warst by Simon Steen-Andersen, as well as presenting different chamber and solo programs at the Tonkunst Festival in Konstanz and the Vendsyssel Festival in Denmark.
Antonio Marin studied Music Theory and Trombone at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Granada, followed by Trombone and Chamber Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow with Simon Johnson (London Symphony Orchestra) and John Kenny. During his time in Scotland, he was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and the Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme. He later pursued studies in Contemporary Music and Pedagogy in Basel with Prof. Michael (Mike) Svoboda. In 2017, he obtained a Master’s degree in Contemporary Music with distinction from the Music Academy Basel. Further important artistic impulses came from Fabrice Millischer (CNSMD Paris), Benny Sluchin (Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris), Uwe Dierksen (Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt), and Christian Jaksjø (hr Bigband Frankfurt).
Alongside his concert activity, Antonio Marin is a dedicated pedagogue. Since 2024, he has been teaching at the Müllheim Music School. Previously, he served as Professor of Trombone and Chamber Music at the Rafael Orozco Conservatory in Córdoba and as a lecturer at the Music Academy Basel / Basel Music School and the Conservatorio Profesional de Música y Danza in Mallorca.
January 2026
AWARDS
2023 – First Prize in international John- Cage- Competition for interpretation of New Music
2017 – Auszeichnung und ausserordentlichen Preis der Hochschule für Musik für die beste schriftliche Masterarbeit „Just Intonation Applied in a Practical Music context“
2014 – Runner-up at International Trombone Association, Alto Trombone
2014 – Third Prize Felix Mendelssohn Barthody Competition for Ensemble New Music
2013 – Head of Brass „John Wallace CBE Prize“ for most outstanding student on the Brass Department at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2013 – 1st Prize David James Solo Brass Competition at the Royal Coservatoire of Scotland
PRESS
2024 – Scherzo.es: Biennale Musica Venecia
“…como en el caso de las dificilísimas intervenciones del trombón, magníficamente tocado por el español Antonio Marin“. Autor: Luis Suñén
2024 – Volksstimme.de: Neues Musikstück für Halberstadt, Interview mit Sabine Scholz | mpeg jpg
2024 – General Anzeiger: Ein Konzert der Kontraste erklingt im Dom | jpg
2024 – Halberstadt.de: Konzert anlässlich des 16. Klangwechsels beim Cage-Projekt
2024 – Halberstadt.de: Nach zwei Jahren wieder ein Klangwechsel beim Cage-Projekt
2023 – neue Musikzeitung: 9. John-Cage-Award, Mathis Ubben
2023 FHNW.ch: Dreifacher Erfolg am John Cage Award in Halberstadt
2013 – Mendelssohn-Hochschulwettbewerb.de: 3. Preis im Fach Ensemble Neue Musik
2012 – Diario Cordoba: Un trombón con éxito
ANTONIO MARIN 