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IÑIGO SETUAÍN

Saxophonist committed to the creation and research of contemporary music.

Who I am?

He was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country, Spain). He studied the at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel (Switzerland), at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León in Salamanca (Spain) and at the Conservatorio de Música Jesús Guridi in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain).
During his career, he has collaborated on various projects and has focused mainly on contemporary music through chamber groups. He co-directs groups such as the Akartia Trio and Uin Duo.
He performs concerts in Colombia, Switzerland, Croatia, and Spain at festivals such as XVII World Saxophone Congress (Croatia), Altstadtserenaden (Switzerland), Quincena Musical (San Sebastián), Musikaste (Errenteria), Bernaola Zikloa (Vitoria-Gasteiz), IX Ciclo Música de Cámara del Principal (Vitoria-Gasteiz).

My Music

Commissioned by Ida Rubinstein to create "a ballet of a Spanish character." An ostinato in C major and an obsessive melody that maintains a rhythm and tempo that never changes, it is constantly repeated, varying the elements of orchestration that produce a crescendo. Today it is one of the most performed musical works in the world.

Solo tenor or sopranino saxophone and 6 instruments. It could be called a work of "Imaginary Jazz", very well structured with very inventive rhythms, where the idea of ​​improvisation is fused with the techniques of repetition and manipulation. It begins with a familiar jazz combo, before the rest of the instruments emerge, covering each other's melodies and creating a highly charged atmosphere.

Next events


Soloist

06/12/2023

Attend from 6th to 10th December to the XIX World Saxophone Congress in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain).

Akartia Trio

01/12/2023

Concert at the World (New) Music Days in Cape Town (South Africa). Works by Isabel Urrutia, Matteo Rigotti, Thomas Kessler, Viktor Molnár, Shi Ziwei.

Akartia Trio

10/11/2023

Concert at XIV Contemporary Music Circuit Musikagileak in Donostia-San Sebastián (Spain). Works by Pascal Gaigne, Mikel Chamizo, Matteo Rigotti, Isabel Urrutia, y Ward de Vleeschhouwer, Tiina Myllärinen. LINK