Iñaki Plaza Murga Explained

Inaki Plaza Murga
Birth Place:	Bilbao, Biscay
Birth Date:	1976
Origin:	Basque Country, Spain
Instrument:	trikitixa, txalaparta, pandero, cajon, bodhran, d'rbuka, hindu slat
Genre:	Basque music
Years Active:	1988 - present
Associated Acts:	Kepa Junkera, Ion Garmendia Anfurrutia, Hogeihatz Proiektua
Website:	Hogeihatz Proiektua

Iñaki Plaza Murga (born 1976) is a Basque musician from Bilbao, Biscay. 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 until 2008, and currently plays with Ibon Koteron 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