Beñat Amorena

Beñat Amorena

''I freely invented a new legend ''

  • EKE
  • 2009-12-09
  • Language Euskara

The percussionist Beñat Amorena (1950, Saint-Etienne-de-Baigorry) is a specialised music teacher at the Landes Academy. On the proposal of the Basque Cultural Institute, he created "Olentzero badator". A contemporary street performance based on the famous Basque coalman myth.

 


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