Born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Started learning classical percussion from six years old. In 2000 became a student in Maria Palieva's class in the National School of Music "Lyubomir Pipkov", Sofia and in 2012 was accepted in "Codarts University for the Arts" - Rotterdam, The Netherlands. During the years Martin has had the chance to take part in many competitions around the world and has won the following awards:​​

- 1st prize - Second national competition for percussion instruments "Pendim" 2001, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 1st prize - Third international competition for percussion instruments "Pendim" 2003, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 1st prize - International festival "Culture of the wine" 2003, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2nd prize - Twelfth national competition for soloists and singers "Svetoslav Obretenov" 2004, Provadia, Bulgaria
- 1st prize - First international competition "Young virtuosos" 2004, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Grand prize - First national music competition "You and me" 2004, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2nd prize - Fourth international competition for percussion instruments "Pendim" 2005, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Best performance of Dobri Paliev’s piece - Fourth international competition "Pendim" 2005, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 2nd prize - Thirteenth international competition for soloists and composers "Music and Earth" 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 1st prize - First international competition for young performers Ribarroja del Turia 2005, Valencia, Spain
- 1st prize - Third international competition "Young virtuosos" 2006, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2nd prize - Third international competition "Young virtuosos" 2006, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 3rd prize - Fifteenth international competition "Music and Earth" 2007, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 3rd prize - Fifth international competition for percussion instruments "Pendim" 2007, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 1st prize - Twenty-first national competition for soloists and singers "Svetoslav Obretenov" 2008, Provadia, Bulgaria
- 3rd prize - Drumset Competition 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2nd prize - Fifth international competition "Young virtuosos" 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 1st prize - Fifth international competition "Young virtuosos" 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2nd prize - Seventeenth international competition for soloists and composers "Music and Earth" 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 1st prize - Sixth international competition for percussion instruments "Pendim" 2009, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 2nd prize - Fifth international competition for composition and percussion instruments 2010, Cannes, France
​ - Ensemble of the year - Bulgarian National Radio Awards 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria - with Youth Percussion Pool
- 3rd prize - IPCL 2015, Luxembourg - with 4EXAMPBLE​ Quartet
- Audience prize - IPCL 2015, Luxembourg - with 4EXAMPBLE Quartet
- Winner - “Keep an Eye: The Records” 2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - with his own project Half Easy Trio 
- Winner - ”Erasmus Jazz Prize” 2024, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - with Andrew Moreno Trio

Martin has also participated in the finals of the following competitions:

- Dutch Jazz Competition (NL)
- B-Jazz International Contest (BE)
- Leiden Jazz Award (NL)

​​ Highlights

As a classical percussionist:
- ​Soloist of the Sofia Symphony Orchestra 
- Soloist of the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra 
- Participant with percussion ensemble "3 + 3 + 1" in the Festival Riba-roja de Turia, Valencia, Spain
- Participant in the tour of the ESYO (conducted by Igor Coretti-Kuret)
- Participant in the International Festival "March Music Days" - timpanist (conducted by Sir Neville Marriner), Ruse, Bulgaria
- Soloist of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra "Sofia" (conducted by Deyan Pavlov), Rome, Italy
- Became a member of the percussion ensemble Youth Percussion Pool (directed by Tatiana Koleva)
- Participant in the summer school of EUYO
- Performed with Classic FM Orchestra, conducted by John McLaughlin Williams, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Nominated for a crystal lyre in category "Young performer of the year" - Sofia, Bulgaria
- Became a member of the percussion ensemble "POLYRHYTHMIA"

As a drummer:
During the years, Martin has had the honour to share stages with world-renowned musicians such as: 

- Billy Harper
- Seamus Blake
- Tineke Postma
- Franz von Chossy
- Tamara Lukasheva
- Niti Ranjan Biswas
- Georg Breinschmid
- Mehmet Polat
- Eva Quartet
- Antoni Donchev
- Dimitar Bodurov
- Tatiana Koleva
- Hristo Yotsov

and perform at international venues and festivals such as:

- Jarasum Jazz Festival - Gapyeong, SOUTH KOREA
- Taichung Jazz Festival - Taichung, TAIWAN
- Trondheim Jazzfest - Trondheim, NORWAY
- Tbilisi Jazz Festival - Tbilisi, GEORGIA
​ - Jazz Festival Ljubljana - Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
- Magdeburger Jazztage - Magdeburg, GERMANY
- A to jazZ Festival - Sofia, BULGARIA
- Plovdiv Jazz Festival - Plovdiv, BULGARIA
- InJazz - Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
- ​Bimhuis - Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
- LantarenVenster - Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
​ - TivoliVredenburg - Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS
​ - Paradox - Tilburg, THE NETHERLANDS
​ - De Doelen - Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
- Grachtenfestival - Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
​ - Kultuursommer - Vienna, AUSTRIA
​ - Jammin' Juan - Antibes, FRANCE
- Macau Cultural Centre - Macau, CHINA
- JazzDock - Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC

Education

- Jazz Bachelor - "Codarts University for the Arts" (Rotterdam, NL) - in the class of Hans van Oosterhout and Joost Patocka
- Pop Master - "Codarts University for the Arts" (Rotterdam, NL) - in the class of Hans Eijkenaar and Martijn Vink