Garazi Navas Mundiñano

Training and some merits and awards:

• Accordion Degree at the Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga Conservatory in Bilbao with Professor José Antonio Hontoria.

• 2012 Geosymphonic Fantasy for accordion orchestra by Francisco Escudero.

• 2012 First prize in the junior category of the Arrasate National Accordion Contest.

• 2014 She obtained third prize in the César Uceda Young Performers Contest for all instruments.

• 2014 First prize for accordion in the Euskadi Young Musicians Contest 4.

• 2016  Opening of art exhibition "Transitions" by the Senegalese painter Mamadou Tounkara at the Kalao gallery.

• 2017 She participated as an accordionist in the audiovisual installation "Score" by the Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoa at the Azkuna Zentroa in Bilbao.

• 2017-2018 She played as a collaborating member of the BOS (Bilbao Symphony Orchestra) in two concerts of the music cycle contemporary “Musikagileak”.

• 2019 She has been a core member of ĒTHĘR ensemble, contributing as both performer and artistic collaborator. 

• 2020 Performed as soloist with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra (BOS) in two concerts under conductor Iker Sánchez (Theatres of Santurtzi and Getxo). 

• 2020 Participated in BOS concerts under conductors Jean-Philippe Wurtz, Ernest Martínez Izquierdo, Jordi Francés, and Shih-Hung Young. 

• 2020 She received the Orfeón Donostiarra–Musikene Prize for her final degree project. 

• 2021 Began doctoral studies in artistic research related to accordion performance, expected completion in 2026. 

• 2021 Participated in Zinema Belarrietara, a film and sound program at Tabakalera (Donostia), focused on the Lekeitioak by Mikel Laboa. 

• 2022 Master's Degree in Accordion at Musikene with outstanding success.

• 2022 Took part in the Rekalde Gallery (Bilbao) as guest artist in a conference-concert organized by UPV’s laSIA research group.

• 2023 Toured with the theatre company Tripak, performing Platea at venues such as Teatro Pradillo (Madrid), Festival Sâlmon (Barcelona), TNT Festival (Terrassa), La Mutant (Valencia), Festival BAD (Bilbao), and ADEL (Aulestiko Antzerki Topaketak). 

• 2023 Performed with the Spanish National Youth Orchestra (JONDE) under Fabián Panisello at the Auditorio de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela). 

• 2024 Received the Eusko Ikaskuntza–Laboral Kutxa Gazte Saria for the music-theatre project Adarbakarra eta Soinujolea (The Unicorn and the Accordionist), co-created with actress Maite Aizpurua. 

• 2024 Premiered the sound installation Pasabide bertikala: heriotzaren heriotza (Vertical Passage: Death of Death) at Tabakalera’s Scala, active until August 2025. 

• 2024 Continued presenting lecture-recitals connecting traditional and contemporary music, including one at Civican (Pamplona), within the Pentagramas series by Fundación Caja Navarra. 

• 2025 Sonografia Irudipenak (Imaginary Sonographies), a collaborative project with Manu Gaigne based on a two-year artistic investigation of Basque soundscapes.