Martín Baeza-Rubio studied orchestral conducting with the conductor and renowned professor, Jorma Panula. His direct and constant relationship with Lorin Maazel (between 2003-2007) and especially with Claudio Abbado (from 1996 to 2014) (with whom he worked on countless projects) taught him sensitivity, technique, flexibility, expression, vision, and an exceptional musicality, with which today permeates his work as a conductor.

Martín Baeza-Rubio has recorded for cinema, radio and television in 23 countries and participated in the recording of more than 100 CDs and DVDs. He has performed concerts in the most important concert halls and festivals in the world with the most prestigious conductors such as Abbado, Rattle, Petrenko, Haitink, Thielemann, Runnicles, Maazel, Prêtre, Chailly, Barenboim, Mehta, Boulez, Nelsons, Ozawa, Masur, Jansons, Welser-Möst, Harnoncourt, Gergiev, Wand, Nagano, Menuhin, Salonen, Fischer, Rostropovich, Termikanov, Harding, Marriner, etc.

As Orchestra Conductor his reviews have included: «great control of the orchestra, choir and soloists by the maestro Baeza-Rubio this evening at the opera in Basel, conducting Don Pasquale with an incredible musicality, great ingenuity and above all, full of life» (Michael Hug, Online Merker), «admirable enthusiasm, strength and musicality» (Luis Suñén, El País), «brilliant expressiveness» (Estrella Ortega, Classical Forum), «fundamental the work of Martín Baeza-Rubio as conductor» (Cosme Marina, La Nueva España), «with great efficiency and security, obtaining a great balance between choir, orchestra and soloists» (Tomás Marco, El Mundo), «and Maestro Martín Baeza-Rubio’s musical leadership enhanced the score, thanks to his serious and coherent interpretation, materializing the realization of a notable musical quality, with him as Maestro being the indispensable element» (Alberto González, ABC).

Among other orchestras, he has conducted the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Menndelsohnn Kammerorchester at the Gewandhaus, the Toscanini Philharmonic, the Brass and Percussion Ensemble from the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, the Ruse Philharmonic in Bulgaria, the Extremadura Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in China, the Krasnoyarsk Chamber Orchestra, the Korean Chamber Orchestra from Seoul, the Symphony Orchestra in Costa Rica, the Symphony Orchestra from Extremadura, the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in Boston, the Göttingen Sinfonieorchester, etc.

His extensive operatic background has led him to conduct Don Pasquale by Donizetti at the Basel Opera with huge success, as well as Richard Strauss’ production of Daphne, Carmen by Bizet in China at the Hong Kong Opera, etc. In Spain he conducted productions such as «Curro Vargas» by Ruperto Chapí with the ORCAM at the Theater of the Zarzuela in Madrid, the «European Classical Orchestra» at the Theater Calderón in Valladolid and the «Oviedo Filarmonía» at the Theater Campoamor in Oviedo (whose production won the Spanish Opera Award of the Year in Spain), «La del Soto del Parral» by Soutullo and Vert with the “Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla (ROSS)” in the Theater of the Maestranza in Sevilla and with the ORCAM in the Theater of the Zarzuela, always with great public and critical success.

Martín Baeza-Rubio earned in 2016 the Title of International Ph. Doctor with the highest qualifications and «Cum laude» by the “Universidad Autónoma de Madrid”. His research work on Maestro Enrique Fernández-Arbós was unanimously awarded First Prize in 2003 in the third edition of the International Music Research Competition organized by the University of the Basque Country and the “Orfeón Donostiarra”. He received numerous appointments, awards and distinctions as a performer, conductor, and recognition for his cultural and educational work both in Spain and abroad. He has given Courses, Conferences and Master Classes all over Europe, Asia and America.

Baeza-Rubio is the Delegate of the ARBÓS Foundation in Europe and America. Since 2010 he has served as faculty council and member of the jury of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Wardwell Fellowship Programme) and since 2012, faculty council and jury of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (Vienna).

Martín Baeza-Rubio upcoming schedule includes important commitments both symphonic and operatic, with various orchestras in Europe, Asia and America for the next few years, which he combines with the direction of the seasonal concerts of the Berlin Opera Chamber Orchestra and the “Kammerensemble Modern of the Deutsche Oper Berlin”.