[{"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "Con una ampli\u0301sima y variada discografi\u0301a, Garikoitz esta\u0301 totalmente comprometido con el instrumento y su cultura. En sus 18 discos hay registros muy diferentes; mu\u0301sica cla\u0301sica, tradicional, mu\u0301sica celta, jazz y mu\u0301sica antigua."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "En 2012 presenta \u201cTXISTU SYMPHONIC\u201d en el que una Orquesta Sinfo\u0301nica acompan\u0303a al artista, la grabacio\u0301n se realiza con la Orquesta Sinfo\u0301nica de Bratislava y eleva al instrumento a uno de los estatus ma\u0301s importantes de la mu\u0301sica cla\u0301sica, el trabajo lo estrena en Euskadi en el Palacio Euskalduna y con la Orquesta Sinfo\u0301nica de Bilbao."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "Garikoitz won first prize in the Basque Country Solo Competition for Txistu Players (in Basque, Txistularis) in both 1994 and 1996, and took first prize in 2002 in the Competition for Txistulari Bands held in Renteri\u0301a (Gipuzkoa) with the Vitoria Municipal Txistulari Band, of which he was conductor from 1997 to 2002."}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "With a wide and varied discography, Garikoitz is totally committed to the txistu and its culture. His 18 recorded works cover a wide range of musical genres, from classical music to traditional and early music, Celtic music and jazz. He has collaborated with artists of the calibre of Carlos Nun\u0303ez, Kepa Junkera, Gorka Hermosa, Gozategi, Korrontzi, Xabier Zabala, Aitor Furundarena and Xabi Aburruzaga, amongst others, and is currently working on other musical projects such as KHAMI (with Carlos Sagi), Soinuaren Bidaia (with the trombone player Alberto Urrecho) and Metamorfosia (with German Ormazabal), as well as on a project with the accordion player Gorka Hermosa."}, {"text_idx": "#000017", "text": "\u201cTXISTU SYMPHONIC\u201d a landmark recording in which the artist plays alongside a symphony orchestra, was performed and recorded in 2012 with the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra. This work takes the txistu up to giddy heights in the arena of classical music. The premier live performance in the Basque Country was in the Euskalduna Concert Hall with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra."}]