Iñaki Tolaretxipi (Errenteria, 1972)

ndustrial Engineering and theacher of the University of the Basque Country, begins his trumpet studies at the "Errenteria Musical" conservatoire achiving under the direction of Jose Mª Oiarzabal at the High Conservatoire of San Sebastian te Title of Teacher. He has coursed at the conservatoires of Fuenterravia, Lezo, Errenteria and San Sebastian studies of harmony, counterpoint, piano ...

e has taken part in a lot of courses emphasizing these ones: vowel technique imparted by Herminia Laborde, Guilles Sneider, Franz Brandl, musical pedogogy whith Maite Oca, choral direction with the great musicians Carl Hogset, Eric Ericson, Pierre Cao, Laszlo Heltay, Erwin List, Johan Duijck, Gunar Ericson, Martin Schimit, V. Negreiros, Javi Busto, Miguel Amantegi ...

e was a jury member on the "II Carol´s Harmonizing Competition" in 1994 organized by the Gipuzkoa´s Choir Federation with the collaboration of the Tolosa´s International Competition for Mass Choirs. He has directed other choirs of Gipuzkoa as: Itsasmin, Nahikari, Ahalegiña, Landarbaso txiki, and since 1991 he is the official director of Landarbaso Choir. In 1996 he was a member of the prestigious London´s choir "Joyful Company of Singers" directed by Peter Broadbent, with him he studies musical direction and interpretation.

n the XXII Béla Bartók Internacional Choir Competition and Folklore Festival (2006) the choir got an award because of the expressive performance of the compulsory piece “Psalmo 126” by Orban.