The Basque National Orchestra Music Room: a way of countering inequality and exclusion

The Music Room’s educational and social cycle continues to strengthen its determination to make the Basque National Orchestra a route to well-being, health and quality of personal and social life, doing so through innovative, pioneering and risky proposals as a way of countering inequality and exclusion. 

This new cycle has four in-house productions: two presented last season - 'Musika tantak' and 'Logelan logale' - , and two premieres - 'Nire ama antzara' and 'Arriaga bizi da' - . These and other Basque National Orchestra productions set a standard and a course towards good practices in the sector, so much so that several of them have been programmed in other festivals and with other orchestras.

The cycle has over 70 activities in total, including the second edition of the 'Musikazaleak' workshops, in conjunction with FEVAS-Plena Inclusión Euskadi, and Open Rehearsals aimed at groups and educational centres.

Single and season tickets for the Miramon Matinées are now on sale

The Basque National Orchestra's chamber music cycle kicks off on anew 11 October with 16 new musical events. Special guests such as Miguel Ituarte and Bilboko Koral Elkartea will join the numerous groups of members of Basque National Orchestra that form the rest of the programme.

The San Sebastián Festival, the Euskadiko Orkestra and the SGAE Foundation will offer the ‘Concert & Screening’ at the Velodrome on Saturday 20 September

The Euskadiko Orkestra, the SGAE Foundation and the San Sebastián Festival present the concert of film music performed by the National Orchestra as part of the event. On the first Saturday of the Festival, the Velodrome opens to music lovers, movie buffs and the general public for a show combining the symphony performance of soundtracks with a collage of scenes from the movies to which they belong.

The event will offer a treat for the eyes and ears lasting for 75 minutes on Saturday, 20 September, at 6 p.m. Entry is free.  

The Basque National Orchestra to start off the 25/26 Season by participating in ‘Amaya’ by Guridi at the Musical Fortnight

The concert version of this opera in Basque will take place on Saturday 9 August (20:00) at the Kursaal. Also in concert version, the Basque National Orchestra is participating in the performance of Bernstein's 'West Side Story' on August 20th (20:00) at the Kursaal.

In addition to this dual participation in the San Sebastian festival, the Basque National Orchestra will make several recordings this August, including a recording of Aldave's masterpiece, 'Akelarre'.

Season 25-26

The Basque National Orchestra presents a very feminine, highly choral, very youthful, powerful and Season with deep roots.

Great works of the symphonic repertoire will be performed, works of reference and also newer works that are to become part of our heritage, such as the premiere of the most recent symphonic work by Felix Ibarrondo, 'Guernica'.  

To make this programme possible, the orchestra will welcome up to 24 artists, three choirs and a guest orchestra. 

The Basque representation will be important, both in terms of composition (Ravel, Arriaga, Sorozábal, Bernaola, Ibarrondo) and performance.(Miren Urbieta-Vega, Sofía Esparza, Marifé Nogales, Elena Sancho Pereg, Marta Zabaleta, Landarbaso Abesbatza, Orfeón Donostiarra, Vocalia Taldea).

The orchestra will undertake the first recording of 'Akelarre', a masterpiece by the Navarrese composer Pascual Aldave which will remain an important legacy in the catalogue pf Basque compositions. 

And it will return to the Auditorium of Barcelona, in an exchange with its orchestra, and also to the Soriano Musical Autumn.

Roberto Ugarte Alvarado is proposed by the Board of Directors for the general management of the Basque National Orchestra

The appointment became official following its approval by the Governing Council on Tuesday 8 April.

His joining the Basque National Orchestra represents the return of a talent who has been trained and experienced in managing renowned musical entities.