Shanti Basauri

With more than a hundred registered works - from a symphony (1991) to songs for rock and folk groups - his professional work has focused on soundtracks and collaborations with companies such as Hortzmuga, Aukeran, Innevento, etc. and short films, television adverts, and animation.
As a composer and musical director, he has been involved in European countless large-scale shows, such as the 10th Anniversary of the Euskalduna Conference Centre, the inaugurations of the Metro Bilbao train lines and Kultur Leioa, international conferences such as EFEF or FITUR, campaigns for IMQ, the Joan Miró Foundation and performance challenges of all types, with a special focus on contemporary and folk music. He has been nominated for the Premios Max on three occasions (2008, 2009 and 2010).
His work has led him to perform in festivals and concerts of varying scope throughout the Basque Country, Poland, Germany, Holland, Japan, France, Italy and Scotland. As a great connoisseur of Japanese culture, maintains an immersion and cultural exchange with Japan, visiting that country oftenly and collaborating in concerts and jam-sessions as a guest.

Re-starting with "Esnaldi" (2020), he usually mixes both Basque and Japanese traditions.

After his cyberpunk stravaganzza "Ichi-go Ichi-e" (2022), and "BreizhKaia" (2023) inspired in Briton and Basque traditions, his last work is "YUGEN" (2024) inspired by his 20 years of journeys across Japan.