Bikaintasuna Euskal Ikasketetan XVI. Euskara oholtzetan: musika, hizkuntza, nazioartea

Monika Madinabeitia is an associate professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences (Mondragon University). She is currently the co-coordinator of the recently launched degree Global Digital Humanities, which is located in Zorrotzaurre, Bilbao. She published the illustrated book Petra, My Basque Grandmother in 2018. Her main research areas are identity and e/migration, with an emphasis on the Basque American diaspora in the US West. Her teaching mainly focuses on culture and identity. She has been teaching Basque Culture to international students since 2007 and has participated in different courses and lectures held by Etxepare Institute. Madinabeitia was the guest lecturer at this year´s Eloise Garmendia Chair (2021) and was also one of the main organizers of the international seminar UniverCity: Educating For and With the City, in Bilbao (2019). She is now working on the second edition of UniverCity.

Jurgi Ekiza Euskal Herriko iparraldean bizi den musikari eta sortzailea da. Bere ibilbidea rock eta musika alternatiboaren inguruan garatu du. Batez ere Willis Drummond taldearekin ezaguna egin bada ere, bere bakarkako proiektuan (Ekiza) ahots propio eta intimoago bat landu du. Haurtzaroan euskara izan zuen lehen hizkuntza, baina denborarekin galdu egin zuen. Euskal musikak euskaldun sentitzera eraman zuen, eta 17 urterekin euskara berriz ikasteko hautua egin zuen, bere identitatearekin eta sormenarekin estuki lotuz. Jurgi Ekizaren proiektu eta lan guztiek (Ekiza, Willis Drummond, Erabatera, Zura, Bbax, etab.) badute ezaugarri komun bat: euskara hautu kontziente eta sortzaile gisa erabiltzea. Ipar Euskal Herrian bizi arren, non euskararen presentzia ahulagoa den, bere proiektu musikal guztiak euskaraz sortzen ditu, hizkuntzari leku zentral eta bizia emanez. Haren kantuek barne mundua, kontraesanak eta gizartearekiko begirada kritikoa uztartzen dituzte, hizkuntza bera tresna artistiko eta politiko bihurtuz. Willis Drummond taldeak 2024an etenaldi mugagabea iragarri zuenetik, artistak bere bakarkako proiektuari lehentasuna eman dio, eta garai honetan ARGITZALA (2025) bere azken diskoa aurkezten ari da.

Amaia Ispizua lleva más de 20 años trabajando en el sector de la música en directo. Ha trabajado en empresas como Syntorama o el Jazzaldia, y actualmente y desde hace más de 10 años, es promotora de eventos en Get In. Su trabajo consiste en la organización de eventos musicales en todo su recorrido: desde el ticketing, la promoción y marketing, el Business Plan, la logística, etc… En paralelo a su trabajo en Get In es miembro de la junta directiva de Musika Bulegoa y de Musika Industriaren Elkartea (MIE), y socia de MIM (Mujeres en la Industria de la Música).

A graduate in Communication Sciences and trained in management she has held positions of responsibility in both communication and cultural management. She began her career as an editor and broadcaster at Herri Irratia. From 1996 to 1999 she was responsible for Promotion and Dissemination at Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, and for eight years she was responsible for Communication and Editorial at Syntorama. Between 2008 and 2012 she was Coordinator and Director of Culture in the City Council of Tolosa. Since 2012 she has been part of the team of the Etxepare Basque Institute, where she was first Head of Communication and later directed the area of Promotion and Dissemination of Basque Culture. Since January 2018 she has been the General Manager of the Etxepare Basque Institute. In recent years she has led the institution's strategic projects in cultural diplomacy and has represented Basque culture in numerous international forums, such as the European Culture Forum (Milan, 2017).

Monika Madinabeitia is an associate professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences (Mondragon University). She is currently the co-coordinator of the recently launched degree Global Digital Humanities, which is located in Zorrotzaurre, Bilbao. She published the illustrated book Petra, My Basque Grandmother in 2018. Her main research areas are identity and e/migration, with an emphasis on the Basque American diaspora in the US West. Her teaching mainly focuses on culture and identity. She has been teaching Basque Culture to international students since 2007 and has participated in different courses and lectures held by Etxepare Institute. Madinabeitia was the guest lecturer at this year´s Eloise Garmendia Chair (2021) and was also one of the main organizers of the international seminar UniverCity: Educating For and With the City, in Bilbao (2019). She is now working on the second edition of UniverCity.

Jon Maia Soria (Urretxu, 1972). Zumaiara joan zen bizitzera sei urte zituela. Euskal Filologian graduatua da. Bertsolari gisa 1997, 2001, 2005 eta 2009ko Txapelketa Nagusiko finalista izan zen. Baita Gipuzkoakoan ere 2003, 2007 eta 2015 urteetan. Bertsolari izateaz gain, kolaboratzaile moduan aritu da hainbat hedabideetan. Karidadeko Benta musika taldeko sortzaile eta abeslaria izan da. Berriki Hezur beltzak taldea sortu eta bertan aritzen da kantari gisa. Idazle lanetan ere aritzen da: kantuak, gidoiak eta liburuak esaterako; Riomundo (Txalaparta, 2005) eta Berriak jaio ginen (Lanku, 2017). Azken horretan oinarrituta emango du UIK-eko hitzaldia.

Arkaitz Villar ha trabajado como locutor en la emisora Gaztea y en diferentes puestos en EITB.eus (Radio Televisión Pública Vasca). Ha sido colaborador en diversos medios de comunicación especializados en música: Entzun, Zarata – MondoSonoro, Euskadi Irratia, Radio Euskadi, Berria y desde 2016 es coordinador de Kultura Live (asociación de salas de conciertos de Euskal Herria). En 2019 inicia una nueva etapa como responsable de proyectos de Musika Bulegoa y como coordinador de la plataforma Basque. Music, marca para la internacionalización de la música de Euskal Herria. Ha participado como panelista en ferias internacionales como BIME Bilbao, Fira Trovam, BIME Bogotá, etc. En la actualidad está especializado en la internacionalización de la música y participa activamente en redes internacionales como EMEE o Live DMA.