Personal information
Name: SERGIO MARTÍNEZ RUIZ
Place of residence: Barcelona (Spain)
Telephone: +34 93 347 74 75
Mobile: +34 654 74 71 48
E-mail:
sergio.martinez.ruiz@gmail.com
Web site: http://sites.google.com/site/sergiomartinezruiz
Date of birth: 6 July 1974
Place of birth: Barcelona (Spain)
Member of the Sociedad Española de Musicología
Academic degrees
Doctoral studies in Musicology: Diploma de Estudios Avanzados
Centres: Escola de Postgrau de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Teachers: Jordi Ballester, Mari Carmen Gómez, Josep Maria Gregori, Jaume Ayats y Francesc Bonastre
Degree date: July 2011
Advanced Piano Degree
Centres: Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo de Barcelona, Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Badalona & Conservatorio Superior Municipal de Música de Barcelona
Teachers: Margarita Serrat & Benjamí Santacana
Degree date: June 2001
Advanced Degree in Music (Theory of Music)
Centres: The same conservatories
Degree date: June 2001
Advanced Degree in Music (Musical Pedagogy)
Centres: The same conservatories
Degree date: September 2005
Degree in Musicology
Centres: The same conservatories
Degree date: September 2005
Teachers: Javier Duque, Mariano Lambea, Josep Crivillé, Josep Martí & Antonio Ezquerro
Elementary Diploma in Violin
Centre: Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo de Barcelona
Degree date: September 1996
Telecommunication Advanced Engineering
Centre: Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona (ETSETB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Degree date: July 2003, with Distinction (Matrícula de Honor) in Degree Final Project
Current studies
Doctoral studies in Musicology: Doctoral thesis
Centre: Escola de Postgrau de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Supervisor: Jordi Ballester i Gibert
Theme of the thesis: Tuning and temperament, musical acoustics, computing for music, theory of dissonance, mathematical models for musical scales, temperament in Well-Tempered Clavier by J. S. Bach
Other courses
Musical analysis (from J. S. Bach to C. Debussy)
Centre: Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo de Barcelona
Teacher: Fernando Marina
Introduction to musical acoustics (freely chosen module)
Centre: Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, UPC
Teacher: Anna Barjau
Acoustics, sound and sound recording (optional module)
Centre: Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona, UPC
Teacher: Antoni Carrión
Music in Catalonia and Valencia in the 16th century
Centre: Consorci Universitat Internacional Menéndez Pelayo de Barcelona, Centro Ernest Lluch
Director: Romà Escalas
The flamenco cadence and related cadences in A. de Cabezón and others
Teacher: Joan Bofill
Musicology: tasks and tools
Teacher: Joan Bofill
Private classes of vocal techniques
Teachers: Olga Miracle & Xavier Comorera.
Participation in the I Conferencia sobre patrimonio musical en Catalunya (First conference about musical heritage in Catalonia) given by Itaca company
Participation in meetings about musical acoustics in the Laboratorio de Tratamiento de Palabra y Música of the Instituto "Torres y Quevedo" of the CSIC with Francisco Javier Sánchez González, director of the laboratory, and with Félix Sierra, acoustics teacher in the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid
Languages
English: Speaking and writing (intermediate level)
Catalan: Speaking and writing (advanced level). Level C certified
Spanish: Native
Computing
Advanced user level of office software: Windows, Macintosh, Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, Internet...
Objects oriented programming in graphical environments: Visual C++ & MFC, including graphics programmimg and Windows API functions
Website design: Dreamweaver
Computing for music: Finale, knowledge of MIDI and other audio formats
Other programming languages: Matlab
Professional experience
Current activity:
Company: Fundació Centre Internacional de Música Antiga – Sonjade, S. L.
Direction: Jordi Savall
Period: From October 2004 until now
Tasks: Maintenance of the musical archive, preparation and edition of musical materials, research tasks, collaboration with the record company Alia Vox and other tasks for the groups Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Le Concert des Nations
Teaching experience in music:
Schools: School of music of the Escolanía de la Catedral de Barcelona, School of music of the Escolanía de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, School of music “Carme Talleda” in Sant Cugat del Vallés, School of music “Victoria dels Àngels” in Sant Cugat del Vallés
Period: 6 years
Modules: Musical language (elementary and intermediate levels) and piano (elementary and intermediate levels)
Research projects and articles
Research paper: “Temperament in Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. A historical survey and a new evaluation according to dissonance theory” (paper for doctoral studies in musicology)
Centre: Facultat d’Humanitats, Departament d’Art i de Musicologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Presentation: 13 July 2011
Duration: Four years
Supervisor: Jordi Ballester i Gibert
Research project: ”Development of a software for the study of spectral analysis applications in historical musicology and ethnomusicology” [in Spanish] (Degree final project for Telecommunications Engineering Degree)
Theme: Spectral analysis, theory of dissonance and musical scales tuning, objects oriented programming, development of graphical applications for Windows, audio signal processing and multimedia programming (WAVE & MIDI format and low level programming of sound devices).
Centre: Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona (ETSETB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Presentation: 17 July 2003
Duration: Two years
Supervisor: Pau Bofill i Soliguer
Research paper: "Felipe Olivellas. His context and his work" [in Spanish]. Catalan chapel master at the end of the 17th century (paper in musicology module in the conservatory)
Centre: Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo de Barcelona in collaboration with the Departamento de Musicología of the Institución “Milà i Fontanals” of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Barcelona)
Period: 2002-3
Tutor: Antonio Ezquerro Esteban
Research paper: “The dance of Monegros. Beginning with a study of the traditional dance of the village of Tardienta, Aragón, and a project to recover the traditional dance of the village of Grañén” [in Spanish] (paper in ethnomusicology module in the conservatory)
Centre: Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo de Barcelona in collaboration with the Departamento de Musicología of the Institución “Milà i Fontanals” of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Barcelona)
Period: 2004-5
Tutor: Josep Martí i Pérez
Article: “The theory of dissonance and tuning in Well-Tempered Clavier by J. S. Bach” [in Spanish]. In: Revista de Musicología, XXVII, 2 (2004). Journal of the Sociedad Española de Musicología
Artícle: "Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Die Israeliten in der Wüste" [in Spanish]. In: Sonograma Magazine, Articles, Num. 024, October 2014
Review: The Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach. In: Sonograma Magazine, Cròniques, 1st March 2015.
Program notes: Concerts performed by Jordi Savall and his groups in L'Auditori in Barcelona, as well as other musical ensembles.
Disc: “Cantica Sacra: 1000 years of sacred music in Catalonia” [in Catalan], performed by Cor de Cambra Fòrum Vocal and published by Columna Música. Recording of the repertoire with the choir, redaction and translation of program notes, revision of the lyrics, musical revision of the publication, musical revision of the repertoire and musicological research about the repertoire
Paper under preparation: "A mathematical model for irregular temperaments"
Paper under preparation: "A new evaluation of temperament in Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier according to dissonance theory"
Paper under preparation: “A mathematical model for musical tunings and temperaments”
Other experience
Experience in choirs from 1987 until now (Cor de Cambra Fòrum Vocal, Cor Tessàlia, Camerata Impromptu, Schola Gregoriana Pinensis, Escolanía de la Santa Creu de la Catedral de Barcelona, in addition to other temporary collaborations with other choirs) working with Xavier Sans, Daniel Mestre, Xavier Chavarría, Mireia Barrera, Elisenda Carrasco, David Malet, Daniel Antolí, Josep Prats, Lluís Vila, Guerassim Voronkov, Laszlo Heltay and Kazushi Ono (in collaboration with the Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, OBC) among others
Experience in piano accompaniment of choirs, singers and other instruments
Participation in musical workshops (Stage Ribes 97, 98, 99, 2000)
Other information
Experience in accounting for several entities dedicated to cultural diffusion
Phone technical assistance for the optical fiber telecommunication services of Aunacable Menta in Iberphone company (currently Teleperformance).
Hobbies
Numismatics
Genealogy
Trekking