Bertsolari Luis Otamendi dies
- The bertsolari of Aia, Luis Otamendi, has died as a result of his injuries. The last goodbye will be at the Tanatorio de Zarautz, on January 4, at 10:00 in the morning.
We completed the biography with the data found in the Bertsozale Elkartea database and the article published in the 35 issue of Bertsolari magazine:
He was born in the Indargarate farmhouse in the Urdaneta district of Aia in 1947 and sang with his brother in the Bertso where he milked cows. At the age of 24, the beech of the door of his home was thrown by a strong south wind and, following the advice of his brother, he dedicated a dozen verses to him. On a visit to the barbershop of Patxi Barbero de Zarautz, Patxi talked about these verses and gave the bertsos to Basarri, who finally published them in the "Nere Bordatxotik" section.
In Aia, four bertsolaris formed a crew of bertsos to get together and sing: MARTIN Rezabal Olaso, Nikolas Zendoia, Joxe Mari Lertxundi and Luis Otamendi.
The first place was in Ordizia in 1972. Since then he has participated for many years in competitions and championships, among others: He won the Artxanberri Awards of Gabiria (semi-finals), Osinalde (1989), Gipuzkoa Championship of 1991, Gipuzkoa Championship of 1995 and Gipuzkoa Inter-Village Championship of 1999.
As a curiosity, he once came as a listener to the Orixe competition, got him on the stage by mistake from a bertsolari and came home with the txapela in his head.
2009 at Gaztetxe de Zarautz
Iñaki Gurrutxaga reported in Karkara de Orio magazine that in 2009 each of them jointly prepared their championship: "Íñigo Manzisidor Mantxi, Uxue Alberdi, Ainhoa Agirreazaldegi and I met to prepare for the Bertsolaris Championship of Euskal Herria, and one day Luis appeared to us, who had been without going from place to place for many years, but who called him the Zarautz Balkans to train in the Copacabq. And there he was with us.
In 2011 he participated in the Udarrangi Prize in Usurbil.
Here you can see their makeshift bertsos.
XV. Cup Championship
Where: In the gaztetxe Hiruputzu (Zarautz)
When: 22 December
Oblique: Aner Peritz, Oier Aizpurua, Alaia Martin, Jexux Mari Irazu, Etxahun Lekue, Aitor Bizkarra, Eneritz Artetxe, Maider Arrangi, Joanes Illarregi and Oihana Arana.
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Danel Goikolea Arrasateko bertsolaria urtarrilaren 14an joan da. Hil baino ordu batzuk lehenago, bertso sorta kantatu hau zabaldu zuen lagunen artean. Umore handia darabil eta Pablo Milanesen Yolanda kantu ezagunaren hoskidetasunarekin jolasten du: Holanda du izenburu sortak,... [+]
Konfinamendu aro hau arintzeko aukera bat izan daiteke bertso zaharrak entzutea, eta horregatik, Xenpelarren "Miseriaren adarrak" bertso sorta berreskuratu eta musikatu egin dugu, nahi duzuenean entzuteko.
Eneko Abasolo “Abarkas”, Nerea Elustondo eta Eneko Fernandez bat-batean aritu dira bertsotan apirilaren 1ean, nor bere etxetik. Saioa hemen dago entzungai.
