- Ibon Koteron
Ibon Koteron (born in
Bilbao in 1967) is a Basque musician renowned as a player of thealboka . His 1996 debut release was a joint record withKepa Junkera , entitled "Leonen Orroak " ("the roarings of Leon", a homage to the great "albokalari"Leon Bilbao ).He was educated in a
Jesuit school in Bilbao where he was known for his expertise playingchess and his anarchist tendencies. He graduated in Basquephilology in theUniversity of Deusto .His career as musician started after he studied alboka and
dultzaina in 1987-88 and became a teacher of these instruments himself. In the early 1990s, forming a duo with his brother, he started playing, often for free, as an accompanist to numerous popular acts, notably in support of the Conscientious Objection Movement, which was then waging a populardisobedience campaign againstconscription and thearmy itself.He has published many articles on the alboka and is developing a multimedia method to learn to play this unique instrument.
In 2004 he released a second record entitled "
Airea " ("the air"), produced by Kepa Junkera.He has also collaborated with other musicians, including
Gilles Chavenat ,Soledonna and Faltriqueira ,Heikki Syrjänen ,Andrea Pisu andRoston Kuchichian .He leads a band that includes the following musicians:
*Iñaki Plaza – percussions,txalaparta ,trikitixa
*Ion Garmendia – percussions, txalaparta,xirula
*Belen Fernandez – cello, voice
*Unai Frantsesena – keys, percussions, txalaparta
*Ibon Koteron – alboka, flute, voiceExternal links
* [http://www.kap-produkzioak.com/Ingles/IbonKoteron/Biography.htm Brief biography]
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