His skills, such as flexibility, musicality, and sound quality, make him a great musician capable of understanding what is required to interpret any type of music.” — Tomás Arboledas (Professor at the Granada Higher Conservatory) Luis Martínez is a young percussionist from Cartagena who, at a very early age, has performed in venues such as the Palau de la Música in Valencia, the Víctor Villegas Auditorium in Murcia, the National Auditorium in Madrid, the Palau de la Música, and the Manuel de Falla Auditorium, among many others.

He has been a member of the University of Granada Orchestra and the orchestras of the Granada Higher Conservatory, where he performed works for wind band and solo percussion such as Sparkling Drums by Ted Huggens and the Concerto for Orchestra and Marimba by Ramón García i Soler. With the Whip Percuartet, he was awarded third prize at the Conservatory’s Chamber Music Competition. As a soloist, he received the Young Promise Award at Entre Cuerdas y Metales (2016) and, in 2024, the Best Marimba Performance Award at Perkexik.

Luis began his music studies at the Unión Musical Carthagonova under the direction of Maestro Jaime Belda. He later completed his higher education in Granada with Tomás Arboledas and furthered his studies at the Valencia Percussió Academy and the World Percussion Group Academy, working with teachers such as Kai Strobel, Marta Klimasara, Pius Cheng, Adélaïde Ferrière, and Mariana Bednarska."