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Iñaki Alberdi in BBC 3

Iñaki Alberdi in BBC 3

On 28 September, Sara Mohr-Pietsch selected Maria Schneider’s track “Walking by Flashlight” – as featured on Iñaki Alberdi’s album *Dream*, alongside Gonzalo Tejada and Mikel Andueza – for her programme *Night Tracks*, in an episode entitled “Music for the Darkling Hour”.
The programme is available to listen to until 31 October:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0031pyz

‘Otoño Musical’ kicks off the week with Basque accordionist Iñaki Alberdi

‘Otoño Musical’ kicks off the week with Basque accordionist Iñaki Alberdi

The Basque accordionist Iñaki Alberdi returns to the Soriano Musical Autumn with a programme entitled ‘Uran-zu’, which blends the traditional music of the Bidasoa estuary with the classical repertoire of Basque composers.

The event takes place this Tuesday at 8.00 pm, with a solo accordion recital in the Tirso de Molina Aula Magna. The programme’s title refers to one of the historical names of Irún – the accordionist’s hometown – and his repertoire highlights the role of the accordion in the traditional music and dances of the Bidasoa estuary region, as well as its emergence in the contemporary repertoire as a versatile instrument with a strong identity.

Full article:
https://www.heraldodiariodesoria.es/soria/250923/202981/otono-musical-inicia-semana-acordeonista-vasco-inaki-alberdi.html

‘At social gatherings, everyone would sing and dance to the sound of the accordion’

‘At social gatherings, everyone would sing and dance to the sound of the accordion’

Mikel Chamizo. Iñaki Alberdi is the accordionist with the greatest international profile to have emerged from the Basque Country in recent decades. He has collaborated with orchestras and composers from all over the world, but in his new project he has taken the time to explore the folk music of his native Bidasoa.

Full article:
https://www.naiz.eus/info/noticia/20250816/en-las-reuniones-sociales-todos-cantaban-y-bailaban-al-son-del-acordeon

Melómano magazine: “Classical music needs new sounds”

Melómano magazine: “Classical music needs new sounds”

Accordionist Iñaki Alberdi has spent the last thirty-five years creating new repertoire, introducing this sound to new audiences and training the next generation. He now presents *Bidaia*, an album featuring Federico Jusid’s work of the same name, recorded with the Navarre Symphony Orchestra. Over the coming months, he will visit Kazakhstan, Uruguay, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Chile, Germany and Costa Rica, as well as giving several concerts in Spain.

By Susana Castro

Full interview:

https://www.melomanodigital.com/inaki-alberdi-la-musica-clasica-necesita-sonidos-nuevos/

Bidaia, on RNE’s La Hora Azul

Bidaia, on RNE’s La Hora Azul

Bidaia: the journey of Federico Jusid and Iñaki Alberdi

It is not so much the goal we pursue that matters, but enjoying the way to reach it. This is part of the message that the Greek poet Constantine Cavafis intended to convey in his poem Ithaca and the composer Federico Jusid has based himself on it to create Bidaia, journey in Basque, a concert piece for accordion and symphonic orchestra for the accordionist Iñaki Alberdi. The two have been on La Hora Azul to talk about this transition and about this work which, after its premiere in 2022 in Buenos Aires, is now collected on a CD with a recording made with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, conducted by Jusid himself. In this podcast you will find everything they told us.

Listen to the complete programme

 

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