Daniel Martínez Maciá, clarinettist with USO, completed his professional studies in 2014 at the Conservatorio Professionale de Elche with the Premio Straordinario.
After beginning clarinet studies at the music school in Elche with Elías Serna Candela, he studied at the Conservatorio Professionale de Elche under José Joaquín Ferrández. He then earned a Bachelor at the Conservatorio Superiore di Musica “Manuel Massotti Littel” in Murcia in the class of Miguel Martínez Royo, followed by a Master in Musical Research at the University of Murcia (2018).
Since 2019 he has lived in Lugano, where he earned a Master of Arts in Music Performance and a Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, working with François Benda and Jordi Pons. His ongoing training includes work with Calogero Palermo, and he deepens his study of the bass clarinet with Davide Lattuada.
Martínez Maciá develops a parallel career in orchestra, chamber music and teaching, collaborating as a freelance clarinettist with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and other ensembles. He has performed in venues including the Musikverein and the Konzerthaus in Vienna, worked with conductors such as Paavo Järvi and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and appeared alongside soloists including Sol Gabetta, Khatia Buniatishvili and Hélène Grimaud.