Samuel Ortega Sánchez was born in Málaga in 1989 and began his musical training at the age of nine at the Conservatorio profesional de música Manuel Carra in Málaga with Jorge Muñoz.
At the age of ten, he played for the first time in a youth orchestra, the Joven Orquesta Provincial de Málaga, with which he participated in the Eurochestries orchestra festival in France. At the age of 16 he became a member of the Joven Orquesta de Andalucía (OJA), with which he gained experience in orchestral playing and chamber music under the direction of national and European conductors such as Pedro Halffter and Daniel Barenboim. That same year he entered the Barenboim-Said Academy. In 2011 he was accepted as a member of the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (JONDE) and continued his studies with eminent teachers such as Lutz Köhler. In 2012 he was invited to play with the National Young Orchestra of Scotland.
Samuel Ortega Sánchez attended master classes with well-known double bassists such as Toni García, Diego Zecharies, Franco Petracchi and Manfred Pernutz. He is also a member of the Orchestra Academy in Granada. He regularly collaborates with professional orchestras such as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Málaga, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Murcia and the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada.
In 2013 Samuel Ortega Sánchez graduated with highest honors in double bass. Since then he plays in “das sinfonie orchester berlin” and continues his double bass studies with Edicson Ruiz.