Víctor Martín (

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, 24 September 1940 –

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, 21 September 2017) was a Spanish

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. He studied in the

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, in the

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and in the Cologne Superior Music School. In 1968 he moved to Canada to join the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, where he held a violin chair for a decade. In 1978 he returned to Spain to become the

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's new leader, a position he held until 2001. He also served as the leader-conductor of the Spanish Chamber Orchestra and a professor in Madrid Royal Conservatory, which associating with pianist Miguel Zanetti in chamber music. He died on September 21, 2017. The Spanish National Orchestra's following concert on September 26, which coincidentally included

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, was dedicated to him as a memorial, with

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joining in his encore.El muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo
La Razón, 26 September 2017

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