Basque music
"Kanthoria eta auto-tunea", a story of music in Basque that can be heard and shown in Bilbao
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)
Iñigo Etxezarreta: "We come back with a new album and a special presentation event"
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.
Su Ta Gar will celebrate the 35th anniversary of his album "Wild Birth" in 2026
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 choir Delaware Choral Scholars has won the 56 Toulouse Awards. Choir Contest
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.
Urtz: "Past before Death" (2025)
Fito: "I like people identifying the sound of Fito & Fitipaldis."
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.
Ruper Ordorika: "This album represents a time of mine, with lights and shadows."
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".
Olaia Inziarte launches new EP, "Wood"
The Ura Bere Bidean initiative has filled BEC with emotions and surprises with 11,000 people
There was no shortage of excitement and surprises last night at the BEC. 11,000 people filled the hall, joining the Ura Bere Bidean initiative. This edition has a wide participation of Basque music, supported as every year by the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra.
Water is back on His Way, with Evaristo, Leire Martinez, Sukena and Zea Mays' "Electricity"
The concert, which combines symphony music and popular classics of Basque music, has already become an essential date for the Basque music season. The Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and more than 24 groups and artists will combine their music on Fridays, October 24 and 25.
Gorka Urbizu launches his short work "Bakan II"
Gorka Urbizu, "nervous, liberated and excited" with the new EP
The musician Gorka Urbizu today released a two-song EP, "Bakan II." He recorded the songs "Diamond" and "Silver" in the mythical studios of Abbey Road in London.
Maite Eskarmendi, journalist for "Egun On", interviewed Urbizu before the presentation.
?fmt=webp-alpha&qlt=80)
Latzen: "Memento mori"
The Oñatiarra band is back! In 1998 he released "Ardi larruz", their previous studio album 27 years ago, and now they have presented "Memento mori", the first advance of what will be their new album. The quartet offered the first concerts of this new stage in Zorroza and Hatortxu Rock, and they have advanced that, with the new album under their arm, there will be more performances.
Tickets for La Oreja de Van Gogh concerts have run out, and new dates have been announced in Barakaldo, San Sebastian and Pamplona
The Donostiarra group has announced three new concerts in the Basque Country: on 10 May in Barakaldo (BEC); on 1 August in San Sebastián (Illumbe); and on 21 November in Pamplona (Navarra Arena).
Professional meeting point of the Basque music sector in Tabakalera
Starting today and ending tomorrow, Wednesday, Must + Pro, "an event where music professionals can share experiences, reflect on the challenges of the sector and create new links."
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Exactly 31 years after the first concert — the band's first performance was on the eve of the Kings in 1995 — the pop band Etzakit hernaniar triki will return to the stage, on January 5, 2026, at the Oialume ballroom, "at home." Xabier Solano (trikitixa and voice), Jon Mari Beasain (guitar), Aitor Zabaleta (bass) and Ander Barrenetxea (drums) will return to the stage.
"We wanted to reflect another image of Lurdes Iriondo."
Director Inge Mendioroz and screenwriter Idoia Garzes tell us about "Lurdes Iriondo, don't stay in vain." The documentary participates in the Zinemira section of the Festival and tries to vindicate different aspects of the life and career of the singer and writer.
Gipuzkoa will award the 2025 Gold Medal to singer Lourdes Iriondo, who died in 2005
The objective of the award is "to bring to the present day the extensive and innovative work carried out by Lourdes Iriondo in the revitalization of the Basque Euskera and Basque culture, and to do justice to ensure that his legacy occupies the place he deserves in the history of the territory".
Tickets for the second Zetak show in Bilbao are about to run out
Pello Reparaz: "The idea was not to keep people warm, and we have succeeded."
The ETB program "Egun On" has interviewed Pello Reparaz one day after the end of the ZETAK concert series "Mitoaroa II". He has also told us about the show that will be released on June 20 in San Mamés.