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Maialen Lujanbio wins the National Bertsolaris Championship
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/national-bertsolaris-championship-2022/news/maialen-lujanbio-wins-the-national-bertsolaris-championship
The singer from Hernani receives the winner's txapela - a traditional beret - for the third time.2023-01-12T19:22:12ZNews ItemPamplona to be the centre of bertsolari singing on Sunday
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/national-bertsolaris-championship-2022/news/pamplona-to-be-the-centre-of-bertsolari-singing-on-sunday
The National Bertsolaris Championship will end on Sunday, with the final held in Pamplona's Navarra Arena. The eight finalists and representatives of Bertsozale Elkartea have announced the details of the final.2023-01-12T18:57:59ZNews ItemDetails have been revealed of the National Bertsolaris Championship 2022
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/national-bertsolaris-championship-2022/news/details-have-been-revealed-of-the-national-bertsolaris-championship-2022
The championship features a programme of fourteen sessions for enthusiasts to enjoy. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow from 9.00am at the portal www.bertsosarrerak.eus. Due to the pandemic, the National Bertsolaris Championship is to be held five years after the previous edition. While the situation has improved, the Bertsozale Elkartea association continues to work to revive bertsolaritza.2022-10-05T11:28:48ZNews ItemThe 18th edition of the Absolute Bertsolari Championship will be held in autumn 2022
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/albisteak/the-18th-edition-of-the-absolute-bertsolari-championship-will-be-held-in-autumn-2022
It will start in Getxo on September 24 and will end on December 18, in Pamplona. 2022-06-15T13:07:38ZNews ItemThree bertsolari championships will be held in autumn
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/albisteak/three-bertsolari-championships-will-be-held-in-autumn
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.2021-07-30T12:40:45ZNews ItemLight boost in bertsolaritza events
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Following the trend of these last months, festivals are the most common type of shows in the cultural programming concerning bertsolaritza.2021-07-30T12:38:23ZNews ItemBertsolaritza at schools: constant innovation
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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. 2021-08-03T11:55:31ZNews ItemBertsolaritza takes a hit in 2020, with 700 shows less
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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.2021-07-30T12:47:21ZNews ItemThe bertsolari championships will be delayed
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/albisteak/the-bertsolari-championships-will-be-delayed
The Absolute Championship was going to take place in 2021, but like the championships of several territories, it will be delayed with no date.2021-08-05T08:50:10ZNews ItemBapatean 2019, available for the fans of bertsolaritza
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The anual collection of bertsos is already on the web: both the book and the audios are on the bertsolaritza database.2021-08-05T10:32:11ZNews ItemFar from what they looked like before
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Despite the improvement of the health situation, only 25% of the bertso performances are being carried out comparing to previous years.2021-08-05T12:39:44ZNews ItemHitzetik Hortzera, bertsolaritza on television
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/albisteak/hitzetik-hortzera-bertsolarism-on-television
The veteran TV show will come back on the 12th of September to the first channel of the Basque Public Television, ETB.2021-08-05T10:36:41ZNews ItemShow must go on
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The association Bertsozale Elkartea will allocate 45,000 euros to promote bertso performances in pandemic times and to alleviate the vulnerable situation of creators.2021-08-10T10:45:55ZNews Item1,800 people learning and enjoying bertsolaritza
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/albisteak/1-800-people-learning-and-enjoying-bertsolaritza
How many municipalities have a bertso-eskola (school of bertsolaritza)? How many groups are there in each one? Are they for children or for adults? We have been collecting data on these schools to find out what the current situation is.2021-08-11T09:09:52ZNews Item28,500 students approaching the basis of bertsolaritza
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The association Bertsozale Elkartea will offer bertsolaritza lessons in more than 400 centres thanks to its staff of 50 teachers. In recent years, a great progress has been made training teachers and creating teaching material.2021-08-10T11:32:18ZNews ItemThis is bertsoeskola.eus
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The new website gathers helpful material for the activity at bertso-schools. In addition, it wants to support the communication among these groups.2020-12-09T17:05:21ZNews ItemHitzetik Hortzera will be back on October 6
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/albisteak/hitzetik-hortzera-will-be-back-on-october-6
The television programme about bertsolaritza will begin a new season with TV presenter Eider Perez. It will be every Sunday, starting at 3pm, on ETB1.2021-08-10T12:13:19ZNews ItemNew direction in Bertsozale Elkartea
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/albisteak/new-direction-in-bertsozale-elkartea
Idoia Trenor Zulaika and Jon Agirresarobe Lopetegi are the new general coordinators of the association Bertsozale Elkartea.2020-12-09T15:53:30ZNews Item"What is bertsolaritza?, on the web
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The documentary film has been released in San Sebastian-Donostia with the aim of providing a tool that we hope bertsolaris, academics and other agents working around the world will find useful.2019-02-14T13:49:14ZNews ItemDo you know the Xenpelar Documentation Centre?
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An audiovisual in four languages allows us to discover the work done in the centre.2018-10-30T16:23:51ZNews ItemInternational improvisators tour, from the 9th to the 14th of October
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The tour "Nazioarteko Inprobisatzaileen Bira" will visit Pamplona, Erandio, Hernani, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Baiona and Donostia-San Sebastian. Cuban and Argentinian improvisators Tomasita Quiala and Araceli Argüello will perform on stage along with the bertsolaris Amets Arzallus, Jone Uria, Julio Soto, Maialen Lujanbio and Xabi Igoa. 2018-10-22T10:40:42ZNews ItemThe association is committed to a collegiate presidency model
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Arrate Illaro, Beñat Gaztelumendi, Eneritz Zabaleta, Igor Elortza, Josu Goikoetxea, Maialen Lujanbio, Miren Artetxe and Xabi Igoa will be, from now on, the members of the group who will continue the work carried out to date by the President Iñaki Murua and the Secretary Xabier Gaztelumendi. This group will join the current Board of Directors of Euskal Herriko Bertsozale Elkartea.
2018-03-15T14:26:55ZNews ItemEskolartekoa - the interscholastic championship - will start on February 16
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/albisteak/eskolartekoa-the-interscholastic-championship-will-start-on-february-16
Qualification rounds and regional finals will prepare the way for the final of the Basque Country, taking place on June 9 in Sara (Labourd).2018-02-07T16:55:41ZNews ItemMaialen Lujanbio wins the National Bertsolaris Championship
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/national-bertsolaris-championship-2017/news/maialen-lujanbio-wins-the-national-bertsolaris-championship
The improviser from Hernani wears the winner's txapela beret for the second time 2017-12-22T09:35:58ZNews ItemBarakaldo will become the epicentre of verse on Sunday
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/national-bertsolaris-championship-2017/news/barakaldo-will-become-the-epicentre-of-verse-on-sunday
The final of the National Bertsolaris Championship will be held this weekend at the BEC. The finalists have held a press conference together with the President of the Bertsozale Association, Elkartea Iñaki Murua, and Lorea Bilbao, Deputy of Basque Language and Culture at the Provincial Council of Bizkaia.2017-12-13T17:46:22ZNews ItemTerraza Mintzola will become a vantage point for international experts
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/national-bertsolaris-championship-2017/news/terraza-mintzola-will-become-a-vantage-point-for-international-experts
Along with the Basque fans, international experts and improvisers will be able to follow the final of the Bertsolaris Championship live. This is due to take place on 17th December. Thanks to the ongoing work of the Mintzola Oral Workshop, international experts have been invited to the Terraza Mintzola, which will be set up in the BEC.2017-11-28T14:32:55ZNews Item26,300 pupils and 47 teachers will be involved in bertsolarism in the classroom this school year
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Thanks to the work done over the last two years, they will have access to updated teaching materials.2017-10-23T12:33:48ZNews ItemThe semi-finals, coming soon
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/national-bertsolaris-championship-2017/news/the-semi-finals-coming-soon
The second stage of the Bertsolaris Championship, consisting of the semi-finals, will begin in Bastida on 28 October. The 18 bertsolaris who have qualified from the quarter-finals stage will be joined by 6 of the finalists from the edition held four years ago. 2017-10-23T11:37:48ZNews ItemThe Government of Navarre will designate bertsolaritza as an asset of Intangible Cultural Interest
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/albisteak/the-government-of-navarre-will-designate-bertsolaritza-as-an-asset-of-intangible-cultural-interest
Bertsolaritza will receive the highest level of protection afforded under Regional Law; the measure will take effect in the autumn.2021-11-05T09:44:37ZNews ItemFor the first time, the Bertsolaris Championship will be held in the seven Basque-speaking areas
https://www.bertsozale.eus/en/national-bertsolaris-championship-2017/news/for-the-first-time-the-bertsolaris-championship-will-be-held-in-the-seven-basque-speaking-areas
According to Iñaki Murua, President of Bertsozale Elkartea, "this is not a symbolic subject, nor a demonstration of strength, but rather the reflection of a reality, since bertsolarismo is alive in all these areas". 2017-10-23T11:38:21ZNews Item