EUSKALDUNAK: THE BASQUES

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In Basque literature, at the end of a story, instead of saying: ” …and they lived happily ever after…”, they say “…and they lived well and they died well…” which, in eight short words, encapsulates what Euskaldunak and Euskal Herria (Basques and their homeland) are all about. The Basques are tough, unsentimental survivors, who honor their past, live in the here and now, and have no doubt that they will be right where they have been, long before the Iberians and the Etruscans and the Romans arrived, and where they will be long after all the rest of us become ancient civilizations

Long live the Basque People and their Country!

Check out this terrific documentary by Orson Welles on a 1955 visit to the Basque Country: https://youtu.be/hJlKx3NPuts.

Check out also this You Tube with music by features music by Basque composers Jesús Guridi, José M. Usandizaga, Jesus Arambarri, Andrés Isasi, Francisco Escudero and Maurice Ravel played by the Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa (Basque National Orchestra),
Miguel A. Gómez Martínez, Conductor.

Inoiz ez dut gehiago harro euskaldun izan nahi du gaur gauean naiz baino Dokumental zoragarri honetan behaketa ondoren izan da.
Euskal literaturan, istorio bat, ordez esaten amaieran: “Eta pozik bizi izan dute inoiz ondoren …”, esan dute “… Eta ondo bizi izan dute eta ongi hil dute …” horrek, in 8 laburrak hitzak  Euskarri eta Euskal Herria zer dira guztiak buruz. Gogorra bizirik, bere iragana omenez nor, gaur eta hemen bizi dira, eta argi daukate hemen izango dira, lekuan izan dute, geroztik iberiarren eta etruskoek eta erromatarrek arrrived luze baino lehen, eta hemen izango da luze ondoren gurekin gainerako guztiak antzinako zibilizazio bihurtu.

Bizitza oparoa EUSKADI eta EUSKALDUNAK!

Begiratu emanaldirik dokumental hau Orson Welles-ek 1955an Euskal Herriko bisita bat: https://youtu.be/hJlKx3NPuts.

Begiratu ere musikarik batera Tube honen ezaugarri musika euskal konpositoreen Jesús Guridi, José M. Usandizaga, Jesús Arámbarri, Andrés Isasi, Francisco Escudero eta Maurice Ravel Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoaren (Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa) jokalariak jokatu dituen, Miguel A. Gómez Martínez, zuzendaria.

 

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Rafael de Acha has enjoyed a distinguished career in the arts as a performer, stage director, producer, and educator. He was born and grew up in Cuba. At the age of 17 he moved to the United States to study Drama at the University of Minnesota, and later Languages at L.A. City College, Music at the Juilliard School of Music, at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, and at the New England Conservatory of Music, from which he received the Master's degree. He has taught courses on the History of Music at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and at Florida International University, and contributed writings and reviews to Seen and Heard International (www.seenandheard-international.com ) and to this blog. He co-founded the award-winning New Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida, where he produced and staged twenty seasons of classical and contemporary theater, including fifty world premieres of plays that went on to have international and national productions on and off Broadway, including Ana in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2002 and Tony Nomination 2003.) In 2006 he was presented with a citation from The Dade County Cultural Affairs Council for “trailblazing contributions to the arts in South Florida.”