Martin Grubinger
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Martin Grubinger (born 29 May 1983 in Salzburg) is an Austrian drummer and multi-percussionist.
Early life[edit]
Grubinger received his first instruction from his father, Martin Grubinger, Senior, a percussionist and percussion instructor at the Mozarteum. At an early age, he competed in the Marimba Competition in Okaya (Japan) and the EBU Competition in Norway, where he was a finalist. He studied at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and starting in 2000 at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
Since academic year 2018/19 Grubinger is a professor of classical percussion at the Mozarteum Salzburg.
Career[edit]
Grubinger represented Austria at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 in Bergen, Norway.[1] In 2007 he was awarded the Leonard Bernstein Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and in 2010 won the Würth Prize of Jeunesses Musicales Germany, a prize of the Stiftung Würth (Würth Foundation).[2][3]
He was one of the presenters of the Eurovision Young Musicians 2012, held in Vienna. Three years later he performed again in Vienna as an interval act in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[4]
In 2023, he ended his concert career.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Eurovision Young Musicians". www.ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). May 15, 2018.
- ^ "Percussionist Martin Grubinger erhält diesjährigen Leonard Bernstein Award beim Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival" (in German). Klassikinfo.de. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Würth Preis der Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland" (in German). Stiftung-wuerth.de. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Star percussionist revealed as Eurovision interval act".
- ^ "Perkussionist Grubinger: Bühnen-Abschied mit 40 nach großer Karriere". nmz - neue musikzeitung (in German). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- mica-Interview mit Martin Grubinger, musicaustria.at, 5 October 2010
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