Haizebegi festival à Bayonne 2024

On vient de rentrer d’une tournée au Festival Haizebegi à Bayonne, du 3 au 13 octobre, consacrée entre autre aux rélations médievales maraines entre l’Islande et le Pays Basque, manifestée entre autre par la création d’un centre culturel basque (Baskasetur) à Djúpavík en Islande, geré par Baskavinafélagið.

Progamme complet ici.

Merci à Denis Laborde et tout l’équipe du festival, aux élèves de Terminale du lycée René Cassin (classe de musique de Madame Marie Labadie), à Baskavinafélagið

JOURNAL ET INTERVIEW: Samedi 12 octobre 2024 —   * Le quatuor féminin Umbra insuffle sa couleur originale au patrimoine musical islandais   * Rencontre officielle à la mairie de Bayonne autour de la création d’un Centre culturel basque au Nord-ouest de l’Islande.

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CNRS Ministère de la Culture Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine École Supérieure d'Art Pays Basque France Bleu Pays Basque Cinéma L'Atalante Bayonne Communauté d'agglomération Pays Basque Département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques Ville de Bayonne Ville d'Anglet Anglet Tourisme Institut Convergences Migrations Croix-Rouge française Centre Marc Bloch Berlin Albaola Itsas Kultur Faktoria Musikene UW Iceland Conservatoire Maurice Ravel Pays Basque

China tour '24

We just returned home from our first concert tour in China, a truly UNFORGETTABLE experience for the four of us. We are overwhelmed by many things: the warm and open audiences that came to see us in Beijing, Xi'an, Chongqing, Mianyang, Chengdu and Longchang, the DELICIOUS and diverse high quality Chinese cuisine, the AMAZING and frankly quite epic cultural heritage and the BEAUTIFUL mountains and green luscious landscapes between cities. We are very thankful to Saura Booking Agency for providing us with this opportunity and humbled by the very warm and professional reception of the concert producers and tour managers at C.H. Media. Thank you! 謝謝!

It's our anniversary....

We can’t believe it but we are celebrating a decade of music making. So we are going to celebrate with all our friends September 1 in the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík. Don’t miss it!

Tickets and more info HERE.

Also coming up in the next months: concerts in China, France - Basque Country, Reykjavík and many more lovely travels.

Traditional folk arts takeover during The Reykjavík Arts Festival 2024

We were MORE than happy and excited to join our many friends of the traditional arts during a Trad-takeover at the Reykjavík Arts Festival 2024, curated by the newly founded Vökufélagið, an Icelandic association for people in folk arts. Guests were invited to enjoy workshops in music, dance and poetry, a conference, and a concert featuring us and a handful of wonderful friends in the scene; Spilmenn ríkínís, Bára Grímsdóttir, Ragnheiður Gröndal, Ásta Sigríður Árnadóttir, Anna Fält and Linus Orri.

To a blossoming traditional arts community in Iceland!

A vitamin boosted 2024-2025 season

We are happy to share that UMBRA was granted a national artist’s grant in Iceland for the latter part of 2024 to pursue our work and develop new music, collaborations and exciting projects. We are humbled and grateful!