Artist Profiles: Adolfo Osta

Adolfo Osta
Adolfo Osta

Adolfo Osta was born in Pamplona (Spain) in 1966. He’s a graduate of Spanish language in the University of Barcelona (1990). At the same time, he studied Spanish guitar, Renaissance lute and sight-reading. He was also involved in different courses and seminars on traditional music and literature and carrying out frequent work on the traditional song canon.

His own repertoire includes the recovery, arrangement and adaptation of songs from various regions of Spain and France: Galicia, Provence, Castile, Andalusia, Basque Country, and Occitania; as well as Arabic, and Sephardic music.

His stage career commenced in 1990 as a soloist and member of various bands, accompanying other artists (eg: Rosa Zaragoza, Toni Xucla) or collaborating on musical theater productions with such companies such as Teatre del Repartidor.

Discography:

Maravia

Author: Angel Romero

Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.

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