16/04/2009
Vitoria-Gasteiz, April
16, 2009 - Next Saturday, April 18, Fundación Catedral
Santa María will be resuming the Open for concerts series with a
performance by singer Jabier Muguruza. The recital, which will begin at
8:00 p.m., is free of charge, although tickets must be collected ahead
of time.
After the Easter
Week music concerts and with the arrival of the month of April,
Fundación Catedral Santa María is recommencing the Open for Concert
series, a musical initiative launched last year to infuse the portico
with sound, which has been enthusiastically received by the public.
The season’s first concert will be featuring Jabier Muguruza, a singer
currently in the spotlight thanks to his recently-completed new work,
an album entitled Konplizeak (Cómplices). This is Muguruza’s ninth
official CD, the latest in a career that began with Boza Barruan in
1994 and continues to draw praise.
Muguruza has joined the ranks of stellar Basque singers, alongside
indisputable classics such as Mikel Laboa, Benito Lertxundi and Ruper
Ordorika, and has won the respect and admiration of musicians such as
Jackson Browne, Albert Pla, Santiago Auserón and Kiko Veneno. To top it
all off, Muguruza has been able to synchronise his musical careers with
literature, journalism and musical compositions for plays and shows and
his tours have taken him from Germany to Brazil.
In 2002, his album Hain Guapa Zaude won the Premio de la Música award
for Best Album in Basque and in 2004, he was a guest professor at the
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (founded by Paul McCartney).
Muguruza’s CD Konplizeak once again showcases the particular
sensitivity and exquisite touch that characterise this
singer-songwriter. Collaborating in the lyrics are several old
favourites, such as Iñaki Irazu, Joseba Sarrionandia, Xabier Lete and
Inazio Mujika, and new collaborators, such as Leire Bilbao, Angel Erro
and Covadonga Da Silva.
In the musical area, the creative core continues to be based on
Muguruza’s voice and accordion, Angel Unzu’s guitar and direction and
Mireia Otzerinjauregi’s back-up voice, although Martirio and Duquende
have also lent their voices and Gorka Benítez his tenor sax to the
project.
Once
again this concert will be free of charge and take place in the
Cathedral’s portico at 8:00 p.m.. Tickets must be picked up in advance
at the Visitors’ Reception Centre (Plaza de las Brullerías), since
seating capacity is limited.