Ion Garmendia Anfurrutia (born 1979) is a Basque

Basque people

The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...

 musician from Ibarra

Ibarra (Guipúzcoa)

Ibarra is a town and municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. By 2003 INE figures Ibarra had a total population of 4,374.-External links:* and Basque.*...

, Gipuzkoa. He began taking voice lessons and studying txistu

Txistu

The txistu or chistu is a kind of fipple flute that became a symbol for the Basque folk revival. The name may stem from the general Basque word ziztu "to whistle" with palatalisation of the z...

 in 1988 in Ibarra. In 1997, he entered into a teacher training program in Gasteiz, and in 1999 began learning the alboka

Alboka

The alboka is a double hornpipe or clarinet native to the Basque Country.Although the alboka is a woodwind instrument, its name is derived from the Arabic "al-bûq"...

. In 2002 entered in Musikene (Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco) to study “nuevas tendencias en la música tradicional” (new trends in traditional music) under Kepa Junkera. He later partnered with fellow musician Ibon Koteron

Ibon Koteron

Ibon Tabakon is a Basque musician renowned as a player of the alboka. His 1996 debut release was a joint record with Kepa Junkera, entitled Leonen Orroak ....

, and his proficiency in the alboka and gaita

Gaita

Gaita may refer to:Musical instruments*Various types of bagpipes common to Spain and Portugal such as:** Gaita asturiana, a bagpipe used in the Spanish provinces of Asturias, northern León and western Cantabria...

 navarra were intensified. He also studied the txalaparta

Txalaparta

The txalaparta is a specialized Basque music device of wood or stone, similar to Romanian toacă. In Basque, zalaparta means "racket", while in the nearby areas of Navarre "txalaparta" has been attested as meaning the trot of the horse, a sense closely related to the sound of the...

 and the pandero with Iñaki Plaza Murga

Iñaki Plaza Murga

Iñaki Plaza Murga is a Basque musician from Bilbao, Biscay. He began studying trikitixa and traditional Basque percussion in 1993. He later began studying ethnic percussion as well as the hindú slat with Sergey Sapricheff...

. From 2004 to 2008, he was part of Kepa Junkera

Kepa Junkera

Kepa Junkera is a Basque musician and composer. A master of the trikitixa, the diatonic accordion, he has recorded more than 10 albums...

’s group as a txalapartari, txistulari, albokari, and percussionist. As a txistulari, he has played in the municipal bands of Donostia and Tolosa, and is currently a part of the municipal band of txistularis of Tolosa. He continues to be a member of Ibon Koteron's band, and is currently involved in the "Twenty Fingers Project" (Hogeihatz Proiektua) with Inaki Plaza Murga. The first discographic work of this project is projected to be introduced next winter.

Collaborations

• Araba Euskaraz 2003 (“Orobil borobil” 2003)
• Kepa Junkera (“Athletic Bihotzez” 2004, “Hiri” 2006)
• Ibon Koteron (“Airea” 2004)
• Oreka Tx (“Nömadak Tx” 2006)
• Faltriqueira (“Effecto Faltriqueira” 2006)
• Tejedor (“Musica Na Maleta” 2006, BSO “La Torre de Suso” 2007)
• Trikizio (2007)