Pablo Martinez is a Brazilian composer, performer, and educator based in London. He is inspired by owl stories and corner shops, kitchen sounds and street noise and his music is threaded with a fascination for storytelling, often questioning who inhabits the rooms we live in and who doesn’t.

Pablo has worked with the London Sinfonietta, Red Note Ensemble, Chamber Choir Ireland, the Scottish Freelancers Ensemble, and a wide range of musicians, choreographers, directors, and writers around the UK. His recent work Just for today brings together soprano, electronics, and ensemble to explore his mother’s story, created under the mentorship of Elayce Ismail and Donnacha Dennehy. Other projects include What Now, Mané?, a hybrid poetry-opera performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, and Look @ Me, a modern dance piece made with Joseph Strike and choreographer Constant Vigier.

His work has been recognised through the London Sinfonietta’s Writing the Future scheme, the Nevis Ensemble Wind and Brass Competition (winner, 2023), and the Dinah Wolfe Memorial Prize (runner-up, 2022).

In January 2026, his orchestral piece I see freedom across the pond will be performed at the Barbican by the London Schools Symphony Orchestra. He also performs as part of mudlark, a new trio with Courtney Cousins and Martha-Maria Mitu exploring new music and text, improvisation, and how to reframe traditional classical music.

Alongside his compositional work, Pablo teaches piano, composition and musicianship skills. He also leads creative workshops, opening doors to music for young and emerging artists.

He holds a first-class BMus (Hons) in Composition from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a Master’s degree with distinction from the Royal Academy of Music. He has studied with Linda Buckley, David Fennessy, Kate Moore, Stuart MacRae, Gary Carpenter, David Sawer, and Hans Abrahamsen.