Basque National Orchestra

The Basque National Orchestra kicks off its 30th anniversary year with a bang, featuring Austrian multi-percussionist Martin Grubinger (Salzburg, 1983). The top ranking percussionist on the international scene will play for the first time with the BNO at a season concert. In his debut with the Basque National Orchestra, as part of the sixth season concert programme, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Grubinger will perform Frozen in Time, a concerto written specifically for him in 2007 by young Israeli composer Avner Dorman

Two acclaimed Basque musicians feature on the CD: accordionist Iñaki Alberdi and cellist Asier Polo. These two internationally-known soloists join Gubaidulina to bring listeners a truly excellent recording. A group of string instrumentalists from the Basque National Orchestra round out the cast. The CD was recorded under the direction of José Ramón Encinar.

Wolfram Christ, former twenty-year soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic, leaded the third edition of the Basque National Orchestra Music Laboratory. A total of 27 musicians, all students from Musikene (Higher School of Music of the Basque Country) will be taking part in the master class at the Basque Orchestra Miramón headquarters taught by the highly respected German musician.