Born and raised in St. Georgen, a small suburb of St. Gallen, Martin Streule has lived and worked in Bern since 1991. He first studied electric bass with Stefan Rademacher and composition with Frank Sikora at the then Swiss Jazz School, then wind orchestra conducting with Hans-Peter Blaser and composition with Urs Peter Schneider at the Bern Conservatory. Today, both institutions are united in the Bern University of the Arts (HKB).

Martin Streule works as guest conductor and artistic director with jazz and wind orchestras throughout Switzerland such as the Swiss Jazz Orchestra, Zurich Jazz Orchestra, Feldmusik Sarnen and the Lukas Brügger Jazz Orchestra. He was also the long-time artistic director of the Bodan Art Orchestra from eastern Switzerland.

Martin Streule teaches arranging, conducting and composition at the HKB and arranging and composition at the Jazz Department of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHDK).

Martin Streule wrote commissioned compositions and arrangements for the following ensembles and institutions (selection):Jazz Orchestra of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Radio DRS 2 (Signet for Jazz Orchestra), Zurich Jazz Orchestra, Swiss Army Big Band, Bern Chamber Orchestra, Bern Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Bern Conservatory,Intercantonal Wind Symphony with Choir, Swiss Army Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Swiss Brass Consort, Expo 02 in Biel,

Martin Streule discovered his passion for photography at the age of 13, when his father gave him his old Nikon FE. Shortly thereafter, he began developing his black-and-white photographs himself. After a longer interruption, he has been intensively involved with the possibilities of photography again since 2008. Areas of activity range from studio photography to macro and travel photography to more experimental techniques.