Basque music

A group of teachers and students from the Bilbao School of Engineering of the UPV-EHU have made a guitar to Gatibu guitarist Haimar Arejita to play at the last concert on December 13. No night, the idea arose at the Basque Festival of Boise, where Gatibu and the vice-rector of the UPV/EHU, Estitxu.

At the end of the Durango Fair in 2025, the manager of the Gerediaga Association, Beñat Gaztelurrutia, expressed his satisfaction at the first assessment given to ETB. He stressed that the influx of the public, but that it was comfortable to enter and walk through it.

The famous Gernika band will put an end to its 25 years of career, this weekend and next, with 45,000 people gathered at the BEC. ETB1 will offer the concert "Agur esan gabe" on December 13, live from 21:00.

The Bilbao City Council, as part of the celebration of the International Euskera Day, has paid tribute to the Zea Mays group for their great contribution to the Euskera. Esker has been received with this emotion and has stressed that for another 30 years they will be singing in Basque around the world.

The music group En Tol Sarmiento will present its new album "Konkista" on Friday at the Durango Fair, but this Sunday it held an audition party with 8,000 people to bring the songs forward.

The legendary Basque rock group offered its last concert in Bilbao last night with the members of  Zarama, Zea Mays, Jotakie and Baldin Bada, who remembered the songs of their four published albums.

According to EITB, three members of the music group (Josu Zabala, Luis Javier Saiz 'Txanpi' and Enrique Sáenz 'Kike') accuse the label of managing the group's digital rights without a contract.

It is a work based on the "Lau Haizeta" expedition that the father of this Donostiarra artist took to Gasherbrum (Pakistani Himalayas) in 1992. With the original images of that journey, it draws a beautiful parallel between the hardness of mountaineering and the experiences of Zozaya; overcoming courage and fear. 

Anjel Valdés has made a selection of songs collected in ten long albums since 1975. 2 CDs have also included two songs played by the Donostiarra musician when he received the Adarra Prize in June, as well as a biography written by Anjel Lertxundi. 

For the first time, Eñaut Elorrieta and Alos Quartet will offer a series of live concerts called "Ahots Kordak." The group will be simple and effective, consisting of a string quartet and voice. Bidaia The first stop of this musical will be in Tolosa on January 3, after which they will approach Vitoria, Zornotza and Donibane-Lohizune.

The project, which combines Basque folklore and electronics, comes as a quartet to present its second album, "Lazturak Orbain." Alaitz, Garazi, Iratik and Leire, in any case, will be accompanied by musicians Etxahun Urkizu (drums) and Eier Villalba (keyboard and voices). 

"Instead of hiding the scars, we wanted to show them," they told journalist Asier Otegui in "Egun On," highlighting the transformation. Stressing that they are strengths, not as weaknesses, because breakups and repairs are part of history. "

From November 6 to December 4, the Abando Municipal Centre in Bilbao will host an exhibition organized by the Music Office "Kanthoria and Auto-tunea".

Curated by researcher and sound creator Xabier Erkizia, the exhibition proposes a journey from the first songs collected in oral tradition to new hybrid and digital forms of music creation. Erakusketa combines documentary materials, images and listening devices. 

Music; "Bereterretxeren khantoria" (Kalakan + Basque Orchestra), "Bertso Hop" (The Red Winters), "Tesla bat sutan" (Merina Gris + Gorka Urbizu)

After a year of "creative rest", Iñigo Etxezarreta (ETS) tells us about the band's return, the new album (Conquista, for sale on December 5) and the special presentation party of that work, which will take place on November 30 at the Buesa Arena pavilion in Vitoria-Gasteiz. 

The Eibar metal band will play some special concerts in memory of the birthday of their first studio album B, the first in Bilbao and Vitoria.

The American choir has won four awards: the first in the polyphony and folklore sections, the Kutxa Grand Prix and the award for the best performance of a Basque song.

Before a meeting with the public at the BIME music fair in the afternoon, Fito told us about his eighth album "The Mount of the Aullidos" with the Fitipaldis.  

The Oñatiarra musician has recorded the album "Lurra ikutu gabe", accompanied by musicians Leo Abrahams, Joh Thorne and Kenny Wolles. 

The album, which contains eleven songs and is available in CD and vinyl format, has been published by Elkar Publishing House. Ordorika will soon start a tour of presentations. 

See the interview with journalist Maite Eskarmendi on "Egun on".