Background
Martínez-Castignani was born to a family from Senigallia, Italy.
Martínez-Castignani was born to a family from Senigallia, Italy.
He graduated with honours in Barcelona and from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim, Germany. He studied choral and orchestral conducting under Pierre Cao, Eric Ericson, Klaus Arp and Luis Gorelick.
His tutors included Gérard Souzay, Carlos Chausson, Dalton Baldwin, Paul Schilhawsky, Gerd Türk, Ulrich Eisenlohr and Wolfram Rieger. In 1992 Martínez-Castignani made his opera debut as Ottone in L’Incoronazione di Poppea. He has performed in Madrid, Barcelona, Israel, Budapest, Karlsruhe, Oviedo’s Opera (Spain), Villamarta, Córdoba (Argentina), Malaga, Galicia (Spain), and at the International Festivals of Perelada and Granada, under conductors including George Pehlivanian, Alberto Zedda, Sebastian Weigle, Josep Pons, Josep R. Encinar and Álvaro Albiach.
Martínez-Castignani has given recitals at the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Auditorio de Barcelona, the Instituto Cervantes in Brussels, the Temporada de la Radio de Valparariso (Chile), and in the Suntory Hall and the Oiji Hall in Tokyo, performing several times with Dalton Baldwin.
Foreign some years, Martínez-Castignani has been involved with some organizations working for human rights around the world. Martínez-Castignani performs several roles, among them Schaunard (Louisiana Bohème), Dandini/Don Magnifico (Louisiana Cenerentola), Il Barone di Trombock (Il viaggio a Reims), Martino (L’occasione fa il ladro), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Enrico (Il campanello), Bartolo (The Barber of Seville), Taddeo (L"italiana in Algeri), Raimbaud (Le Comte Ory), Dulcamara (L"elisir d"amore), Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), Papageno (The Magic Flute), Scharpless (Madame Butterfly) and Zurga (Les pêcheurs de perles).
On the concert arena he sings Bach"s Street Matthew Passion, Street John Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Brahms" German Requiem, Mozart"s Requiem, Haydn"s Nelson Mass, Schubert"s Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise, and Schumann"s Schwanengesang and Dichterliebe.