Iñaki Plaza Murga (born 1976) is a

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musician from

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. He began studying trikitixa (Basque diatonic accordion) and traditional Basque percussion (txalaparta, pandero) in 1993. He later began studying ethnic percussion (cajón, bodhrán, d´rbuka) as well as the hindú slat with Sergey Sapricheff. He played with

Kepa Junkera Kepa Junkera Urraza (born 1965 in Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain) is a Basque musician and composer. A master of the trikitixa, the diatonic accordion, he has recorded more than 10 albums. Allmusic/ref> Junkera won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Fol ...

until 2008, and currently plays with

Ibon Koteron Ibon Koteron (born in Bilbao in 1967) is a Basque musician renowned as a player of the alboka. His 1996 debut release was a joint record with Kepa Junkera, entitled '' Leonen Orroak'' (''the roarings of Leon'', a homage to the great ''albokalari'' ...

and “Etxak” (a Euskadi txalaparta band) as a txalapartari, percussionist and trikitilari. He partners with Ion Garmendia Anfurrutia on their current project, entitled “Hogeihatz Proiektua” ("Twenty Fingers Project"). The first discographic work of this project is projected to be introduced next winter.

Collaborations

* Berrogüetto (“Viaxe Por Urticaria” 1999, “Renovart” soundtrack 1998) * Bilboko konpartsak (“Aste Nagusia 25 Urte” 2002) * Araba euskaraz 2003 (“Orobil Borobil” 2003) * Chus Pedro (2003) * Ibon Koteron (“Airea” 2004) * Kukuma (“Kukuma” 2004) * Kepa Junkera (“K” Latin Grammy 2004, “Athletic Bihotzez” 2004, “Hiri” 2006) * Sobrino Sobrado (“Van Pasando Los Años”2006) * Faltriqueira (“Effecto Faltriqueira” 2006) * Tejedor (“Musica Na Maleta” 2006, BSO “La torre de Suso” 2007)

References

North American Basque Association
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