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分享20-Feb-2015
by Accordions Worldwide
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 The accordionist Oroitz Maiz, born in Gabiria in 1983, passed away this Thursday in Barcelona. According to the report of the television channel Euskal Telebista, on Saturday evening he choked while eating dinner and since then had been in a coma.Oroitz Maiz (Gabiria, Basque Country, 1983) began his musical studies age 7 and continues his studies in classical accordion at the "International Studies Center Acordeonísticos" with teachers Carlos Iturralde and Miren Iñarga. He studied harmony and counterpoint with the composer Jesús Torres, in Madrid and later still perfecting his accordion studies in Barcelona with Professor Iñaki Alberdi, and chamber music with Harry Sparnnay and Charles Tunnell. Later he moved to Germany to deepen their acordeonística training with the renowned Professor Stefan Hussong. He has given recitals and concerts throughout the Spanish geography, Portugal, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Egypt ... in auditoriums and concert halls as The Palace of Catalan Music, the venue, Gran Teatre del Liceu, National Auditorium, Auditori de Barcelona ... and has performed as a soloist with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, National Chamber Orchestra of Andorra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra i Nacional de Catalunya (OBC), Symphony Orchestra of Bilbao, Barcelona 216, Granollers Chamber Orchestra under the baton of directors like Fabien Gabel, Sebastian Weigle, Yasuaki Itakura, Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, among others. He has been awarded numerous competitions at state and worldwide as the Iberian Accordion Competition (Alcobaça, Portugal); International Competition of Les Corts, Guipuzcoano Accordion Competition, the International Accordion Competition (Andorra), music Youth of Spain, among others. He has recorded for various media how: BTV, Catalunya Radio, National Radio of Spain, Com Radio, ETB. He has also collaborated with several composers premiering their works for accordion: Joan Riera, German Moreno, Xao Ching ... |