Tomás Garbizu

Tomás Garbizu
Birth name Tomás Garbizu Salaberria
Born (1901-09-12)12 September 1901
Lezo, Spain
Died 27 November 1989(1989-11-27) (aged 88)
San Sebastián
Occupation(s) Composer
Instruments Organ
Years active 1954 1989

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.[1]

Early life and education

Garbizu was born in Lezo, Guipázcoa, on 12 September 1901.[2] He received first musical education in San Sebastián.[3] His early teachers there were Josá Maráa Iraola and Beltrán Pagola.[3] Then he studied organ in Madrid and Paris under Charles Lebout.[3]

Career

Garbizu worked at the San Sebastián Conservatory as an organ professor from 1954 to 1989, when he retired.[3]

Recordings

Death

Garbizu died in San Sebastián on 27 November 1989.[2]

References

  1. Tomas Garbizu (1901–1989) "Tomas Garbizu, the last of the generation of composers that gathered in the Basque Musical Nationalist movement, was born in Lezo, a town ..."
  2. 1 2 "Tomas Garbizu Salaberria". Klasikart. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Tomas Garbizu". Naxos. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
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