Tomás Garbizu

Tomás Garbizu Salaberria (12 September 1901 – 27 November 1989) was a Basque composer. He was the youngest and last of the Basque nationalist music movement composers.

Early life and education

Garbizu was born in Lezo, Guipázcoa, on 12 September 1901. He received first musical education in San Sebastián. His early teachers there were Josá Maráa Iraola and Beltrán Pagola. Then he studied organ in Madrid and Paris under Charles Lebout.

Career

Garbizu worked at the San Sebastián Conservatory as an organ professor from 1954 to 1989, when he retired.

Recordings

Tomás Garbizu: Piano Music. Álvaro Cendoya (piano). Naxos Spanish Classics

Garbizu: Works for Txistu & Piano. Old San Sebastian Songs. Euskal suitea I. Guipuzcoan Dances. Jose Ignacio Ansorena (Txistu and Tamboril), Alvaro Cendoya (piano) Naxos Spanish Classics Garbizu: Basque Music Collection Vol.8 Misa Papa Juan XXIII. Ave Maria for Soprano and Orchestra. Cinco Canciones Vascas for Soprano and Orchestra. Olatz Saitua (soprano) Xavier de Maistre (harp) Esteban Elizondo (organ) Orfeon Donostiarra (choir) Basquen National Orchestra, Cristian Mandeal Claves

Death

Garbizu died in San Sebastián on 27 November 1989.

References

1901 births

1989 deaths

Basque classical composers

20th-century classical composers

Spanish classical composers

Male classical composers

People from Donostialdea

Spanish classical organists

Male classical organists

20th-century Spanish musicians

20th-century organists

20th-century French male musicians

Spanish male musicians