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The Fiestas in honor of the Virgen Blanca , have been celebrated in Vitoria-Gazteiz since 1884 and begin the day before, on August 4, in the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca , located in the heart of the city, where thousands of people from Vitoria and Visitors gather to start the festivities with the descent of Celedón . The celebration of festivities in honor of the Virgen Blanca goes back to very distant times; Until 1883, events were held under the name of " Fiestas de Vitoria ", which took place during the first week of September. As of 1884, after a municipal agreement, they began to be celebrated on August 5, in honor of the White Virgin . In 1953, the municipal corporation established the festive calendar as it is known today.

José Luis Ruiz de Gordoa , author of the music for Badator Zeledon , is a composer and teacher born in Araia (Álava-Araba), on February 23, 1957. He began his musical studies at the Vitoria-Gasteiz Conservatory . Later he continued those of harmony in Pamplona with Aurelio Sagaseta and Pedro de Felipe ; those of counterpoint and fugue in Bilbao with Juan Cordero , and those of composition, first in Madrid with Antón García Abril and Román Alís and, in Vitoria-Gasteiz , with Carmelo Bernaola . He has worked conducting the orchestra with Enrique García Asensio . He is a professor of counterpoint and fugue at the Jesús Guridi Conservatory in Vitoria-Gasteiz . He is the author of various works of various genres. ( Extracted from Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia )

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) together with Bach and Mozart is part of the trio of giants of Western music. Born in Bonn , his father, of Flemish origin, tried to make a second Mozart of him, though it was a notable failure. Despite this, from the age of nine, the organist Christian Gottlob Neefe captivated him with the study of Bach , whom he would always keep in mind. In 1787 he moved to Vienna with the intention of receiving Mozart classes, but the death of his mother brought him back to Bonn after a few days. And so after five years, he returned to Vienna where he made contact with Haydn and Salieri , making himself known as a composer and pianist with well-known public recognition. However, his profession as a pianist could not be carried out due to the deafness that attacked him the following year until he was totally disabled from said faculty.

Beethoven 's Sonata No. 14 op 27 No. 2 popularly known as "Moonlight" is one of his most famous works along with "For Elisa" and the fifth and ninth symphonies . It was composed in 1801 and published the following year in Vienna . Today we offer the third Movement Presto agitato , which is an experiment by Beethoven and is written in sonata form . The movement consists of rapid arpeggios, scales, and skillful question-and-answer play between the two hands. Its difficulty is very high and contrasts with that of the two previous movements.

Anastasia Huppmann (1988) is a Russian pianist born in Tver who began her piano studies at the age of five; at the age of six she was treated as gifted, delving into the studies of music theory, piano and composition; At seven, he appeared on television playing his own compositions and at eight, he won his first piano competition, which, throughout his career, would be followed by a few more, which has earned him performances in the most important venues in Europe . and Asia .

Bingen Mendizabal (1962) is a Basque musician born in Vitoria-Gasteiz , composer of film soundtracks. In 1969 he entered the Jesús Guridi Conservatory in Vitoria-Gasteiz , where he studied violin with Albina Madinabeitia and composition with Carmelo Bernaola , and also learned with Luis de Pablo and Antón García Abril . A lover of traditional Basque music and Irish folk, he created his own group, Nahiko , and finally joined the Hertzainak group for a few years until it dissolved. After working for other musicians, he composed different soundtracks for Spanish and international directors. In 2008, he was nominated for the Goya for best original music for El juego del ahorcado .

The Vitoria-Gasteiz Symphony is a work commissioned by the San Prudencio Labor Foundation for its 50th anniversary. The work is inspired by the music of the composition that Beethoven dedicated to the Battle of Vitoria , his opus 91 also known as Wellington's Victory in which he defeated Napoleon precisely in Vitoria . Mendizabal says that this symphony is a gift to the city; a gift that has an Alava packaging, since, in addition to the composer, the orchestra is made up of musicians from Gasteiz under the baton of the maestro, also from Vitoria as well as internationally famous and appreciated, Juanjo Mena . The Vitoria-Gasteiz Symphony premiered on April 4 at the Teatro Principal in Vitoria-Gasteiz .

Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849), Spanish classical guitarist and composer born in Madrid , is one of the most celebrated Spanish guitarists of the 19th century . He adopted the conventional notation for guitar, dispensing with the tablature notation, prevailing in Spain at that time. Napoleon 's invasion made him retire with his mother to their lands in Fuenlabrada and he dedicated himself to deepening his musical knowledge. After a period of retirement that he dedicated to the study and improvement of his technique, he went to Paris in 1825, and attracted the attention of relevant musicians of the time for his virtuosity, and achieved great success with his recitals. In 1838 he returned to Madrid , where he dedicated his life to teaching until he died on December 29, 1849.

The Rondó , round or dance in a circle is a profane musical form of the French Middle Ages based on the repetition of a musical theme that is characterized by the constant appearance of a chorus and a love text. Couperin defined it as a form that is based on "a main theme that reappears and alternates with different intermediate themes, called couplets ." The typical feature of any rondo is the return to the main theme after each digression, which provides contrast and balance, where the number and length of these are always different. These repetitions alternate with musical themes or episodes called contrasts (ABACA).

Today the young Russian guitarist teacher Valeria Galimova offers us the Introduction and Rondó Brillante Op. 2 No. 2 by Dionisio Aguado .

Mariano San Miguel Urcelay (1879–1935) was a composer, clarinetist and bandleader born in Oñati , Gipuzkoa. His first music theory teacher, and then clarinet, was his musician father; As a child he was already a member of the music groups of Professor Piedrahita and the Las Navas Battalion in Vitoria-Gasteiz . Founder in 1916 of the magazine Harmonía , dedicated to the publication of works for band, he returned to Vitoria-Gasteiz his adoptive homeland. He wrote the parade dedicated to the mythological character Celedón that was premiered in Vitoria-Gasteiz in 1918 by the Vitoria Municipal Music Band directed by José Gregorio Escoriaza. A street in Vitoria-Gasteiz has been named after him since June 8, 1960.

Celedón is the character whose arrival, coming down from the sky with an umbrella, opens the patron saint festivities of Vitoria-Gasteiz . Its festivities are celebrated in honor of the Virgen Blanca (Andre Mari Zuria), whose festival is commemorated on August 5. The festivities begin the day before with the Bajada de Celedón , which takes place in the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca before a large crowd that receives the character lighting cigars and opening bottles of champagne. From the top of the tower of the Church of San Miguel , at six in the afternoon, after throwing the chupinazo, Celedón comes down (a doll suspended by a rope) "flying" over all the people and with his umbrella open, he arrives to a balcony from which he comes out, already turned into a human to pass on this occasion walking through the crowd.

Combo Y 25 is a jazz combo from the Jesús Guridi Conservatory , in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Araba), made up of Iñar Sastre (pianist, Repertoire teacher at the Conservatory, and creator of this Combo ), Martina González de Langarica (saxophone student ), Axel Yong Ortiz (electric guitar student) and Julen Ortiz de Zárate (percussion student). The nickname of Y 25 is due to the fact that when the students had the Combo class with their teacher, Inar , he would arrive "on time"... twenty-five minutes later. Up to now Combo Y 25 has had two performances at the Fundación Vital concert venue and another two at the Jesús Guridi Conservatory with works such as I got rythm , by George Gershwin , Yes or no , by Whaine Shorter , or Misty , by Errol Garner .