Tomás Garbizu


Tomás Garbizu Salaberria was a Basque composer. He was the youngest and last of the Basque nationalist music movement composers.

Early life and education

Garbizu was born in Lezo, Guipázcoa, on 12 September 1901. He received first musical education in San Sebastián. His early teachers there were Josá Maráa Iraola and Beltrán Pagola. Then he studied organ in Madrid and Paris under Charles Lebout.

Career

Garbizu worked at the San Sebastián Conservatory as an organ professor from 1954 to 1989, when he retired.

Recordings

Garbizu died in San Sebastián on 27 November 1989.