Iñaki Plaza Murga

Inaki Plaza Murga
Born	1976 Bilbao, Biscay
Origin	Basque Country, Spain
Genres	Basque music
Instruments	trikitixa, txalaparta, pandero, cajon, bodhran, d'rbuka, hindu slat
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