Kepa Junkera Urraza (born 1965 in
Bilbao
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musician and composer. A master of the
trikitixa
The trikiti ( standard Basque, pronounced ) trikitixa ( dialectal Basque, pronounced ), or eskusoinu txiki ("little hand-sound", pronounced )) is a two-row Basque diatonic button accordion with right-hand rows keyed a fifth apart and twelve un ...
, the diatonic accordion, he has recorded more than 10 albums.
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/ref> Junkera won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album
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in 2004 for his album ''K''.
Discography
Albums
*'' Infernuko Auspoa'' - Kepa, Zabaleta eta Motriku (1986)
*'' Triki Up'' - Kepa, Zabaleta eta Imanol (1990)
*'' Trikitixa Zoom'' (1991)
*'' Trans-Europe Diatonique'' - Kepa Junkera, John Kirkpatrick and Riccardo Tesi
Riccardo Tesi (; born 1956 in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy) is an Italian musician. He specializes in folk music. His instrument is the diatonic accordion or melodeon. He has founded or recorded with a number of groups, including Banditaliana an ...
(1993)
*'' Kalejira Al-buk'' (1994)
*'' Lau Eskutara'' - Kepa Junkera and Julio Pereira Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to:
*Julio (given name)
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* ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...
(1995)
*'' Leonen Orroak'' - Kepa Junkera and 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'' ...
(1996)
*'' Bilbao 00:00h'' (1998) Alula Records
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*'' Tricky!'' (2000)
*'' Maren'' (2001)
*'' K'' (2003)
*''Athletic Bihotzez
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'' (2004)
*''Hiri The word Hiri has several meanings:
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'' (2006)
*''Etxea'' (2008)
*''Fandango - Provença Sessions'' (2009)
*''Kalea'' (2009)
*''Fandango - Habana Sessions'' (2010)
*''Beti Bizi'' (2010)
*''Herria'' (2010)
*''Ultramarinos & Coloniales'' (2011)
*''Ipar Haizea'' Kepa Junkera with the ''Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi'' (2011)
*''Galiza'' (2013)
*”Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Trikitixaren historia txiki bat/Una pequeña historia de la trikitixa (2014)
*''Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak'' (2016)
*''Kepa Junkera - Fok'' (2017)
References
External links
Official website
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1965 births
Living people
Basque musicians
Spanish accordionists
Latin Grammy Award winners
People from Bilbao