Bertsolaritza at schools: constant innovation
We reached 29,500 thanks to a staff of 53 teachers and our involvement in keeping up to date.
700 bertso shows less in 2020
The pandemic has caused an economic loss of around 735,000 euros.
The bertsolari championships will be delayed
New dates will be fixed according to the evolution of the pandemic and the situation of bertsolaritza.
Would you like to know what bertsolaritza is?
The short film What is bertsolaritza? provides the perfect approach.
Documentary "Mundu bat ahoz aho"
Discover the improvised verse singing in the world.
Three bertsolari championships will be held in autumn
Jun 01, 2021
The tournaments of Biscay, Navarre and Xilaba, the one that gathers the provinces of Labourd, Lower Navarre and Soule, were put off due to the pandemic. A schedule combining the three championships has been planned in order to make the follow-up of these competitions easier.
Light boost in bertsolaritza events
May 26, 2021
Following the trend of these last months, festivals are the most common type of shows in the cultural programming concerning bertsolaritza.
Bertsolaritza at schools: constant innovation
Mar 03, 2021
More than 50 teachers of the association Bertsozale Elkartea are working to bring the improvised verse singing art in Basque closer to their students; nowadays, they are 29,500 in total.
Bertsolaritza takes a hit in 2020, with 700 shows less
Dec 21, 2020
Compared to previous year’s figures, six out of ten bertso performances have not been carried out and that means an economic loss of around 735,000 euros. The association Bertsozale Elkartea wants to highlight the work of the bertso-eskolas and local event planners for their support in such a difficult year.
The bertsolari championships will be delayed
Dec 15, 2020
The Absolute Championship was going to take place in 2021, but like the championships of several territories, it will be delayed with no date.
Bapatean 2019, available for the fans of bertsolaritza
Nov 19, 2020
The anual collection of bertsos is already on the web: both the book and the audios are on the bertsolaritza database.
Far from what they looked like before
Sep 06, 2020
Despite the improvement of the health situation, only 25% of the bertso performances are being carried out comparing to previous years.
Hitzetik Hortzera, bertsolaritza on television
Sep 03, 2020
The veteran TV show will come back on the 12th of September to the first channel of the Basque Public Television, ETB.
