MMVV: Gorka Urbizu + Mikel Azpiroz

Euskara. Kultura. Mundura.

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    Vic

Gorka Urbizu and Mikel Azpiroz will take part in the official lineup of the 36th Mercat de Música Viva de Vic with Support from BASQUE. MUSIC.

This year´s edition of one of Catalonia´s most prestigious music events will take place from September 18 to 21, 2024. It will continue to serve as a vibrant hub for the music sector, highlighting its role in showcasing new live music proposals.

Once again this year, with support from BASQUE. MUSIC, the Basque Country´s music industry will be prominently showcased. Among the different initiatives, concerts by Gorka Urbizu and Mikel Azpiroz will be part of the event’s official lineup.

The full programme can be found on the MMVV website.

Gorka Urbizu

Gorka Urbizu (Lekunberri, Navarre, 1977) is a Basque musician, composer, and producer. Former singer and lead guitarist of the band Berri Txarrak, he is known for his career as a song and lyric writer, among others.

At the early age of 14, he started his first band with the intention of bringing to the stage the songs he wrote on piano. The Navarrese author has since been focused on live concerts and record productions. Besides having given over a thousand concerts around the globe with Berri Txarrak, he has also initiated several interesting projects, showing eclectic musical preferences and a constant musical search. Some of these are Katamalo (a combination of poetry and acoustic music), and Peiremans+ (a band closer to pop melodies).

In January 2024, he has unexpectedly launched the album “Hasiera bat” (A Beginning). It is the first work signed with his own name, an album where illusion and rawness prevail. That is the way Gorka Urbizu has broken the silence of the last several years. During that impasse, however, he has not stopped working; exploring the world of music production, among others, he made his debut in 2022 with the album “Nuevo Cancionero Burgalés” by the band La M.O.D.A. He has also recorded several collaboration works, such as the one for the album “Casa Linda” by the band Cala Vento from Girona.

Mikel Azpiroz

Mikel Azpiroz started playing piano at the age of six. His classical music conservatory studies soon took him to modern music. He graduated in industrial engineering but his passion for music led him to accomplish a career as an interpreter, composer, sound engineer and producer, both in his own projects (solo piano and Elkano Browning Cream) and collaborating with many other artists.

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