Improvisation

You will be accompanied throughout this site by improvisers. During your visit: click on their photos to discover what they have to say.

Fernando Aire (1920-1976), better known as Xalbador, profoundly marked the history of improvisation in the Basque Country.

The comments of this outstanding poet taken from his autobiography "Odolaren mintzoa" will accompany you in each of the sections of this site.

You can download them from Xalbador’s improviser data sheet.

You can also at any time change guide by clicking on the photos below. 

By the age of 22 Amets Arzallus was already considered one of the most promising improvisers in the Basque Country.

He gives his impressions on his début and his career as an improviser in each of the site’s sections.

You can download them from his improviser data sheet.

You can also at any time change guide by clicking on the photos below. 

At the age of 19, Sustrai Colina, the youngest participant in the final of the Basque Country improvisation championship, had already marked the history of improvisation.  That was back in 2001.

He gives his impressions on his début and his career as an improviser in each of the site’s sections.

You can download them from his improviser data sheet.

You can also at any time change guide by clicking on the photos below.

At the young age of 20 Miren Artetxe has managed to make a name for herself in the male dominated world of improvisers. With Amets Arzallus and Sustrai Colina she personifies the new generation of improvisers in the Northern Basque Country.

She gives her impressions on her début and her career as an improviser in each of the site’s sections.

You can download them from her improviser data sheet.

You can also at any time change guide by clicking on the photos below.

Patxi Iriart is one of the symbols of the new generation of improvisers from the improvisation schools which have sprung up across the Basque Country.

He gives his impressions on his début and his career as an improviser in each section of the site.

You can download them from his improviser data sheet.

You can also at any time change guide by clicking on the photos below.