Xabier Urtasun Eraso
Department of Education and Artistic Mediation
Música, moviment i rítmica I
Música, moviment i rítmica II
Pràcticum de Pedagogia I
- Musikene, Higher School of Music of the Basque Country — Bachelor’s Degree in Music, specialising in Music Education.
- Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart — Bachelor’s Degree in Organ, with highest honours.
- Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart — Bachelor’s Degree in Harpsichord, with highest honours.
- Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR) — Master’s Degree in Music Research.
- Kodály Institute, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Kecskemét (Hungary) — International Kodály Certificate (IKC), High Distinction.
- Basque Government accreditation to teach traditional instruments: trikitixa.
Olivier Messiaen — Intégrale de l’œuvre pour orgue — Forlane, 2022. Performer on CD 7, dedicated to Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement.
Research areas
Research projects
- Ear training and music language.
- Active music education methodologies: music learning through music and movement.
- Kodály pedagogy.
- Historical practices in music education and their relationship with the development of aural skills.
Research projects
- Aportaciones teóricas y metodológicas de los Métodos de Educación Musical Kodály, Dalcroze, Orff y Willems a la Educación Auditiva — Final Degree Project, Musikene, 2016.
- Propuesta de un Máster en Enseñanzas Artísticas en Didáctica de la Educación Auditiva — Master’s Thesis, Master’s Degree in Music Research, UNIR, 2023.
Joshemari Usandizaga eta bere “Solen Kuartetoa” 1887-1915. Musika Bigarren Hezkuntza / Joshemari Usandizaga y su “Cuarteto en Sol” 1887-1915. Música Secundaria — coautor. Eusko Jaurlaritzaren Argitalpen Zerbitzu Nagusia, 2015.
Organist and harpsichordist, he performs as a soloist and continuo player. He has performed in several countries, including Spain, France, Germany, Portugal, Hungary and Peru, and is a member of the Orquestra del Miracle. In 2019, he received an award at the VIII Joseph-Gabler Orgelwettbewerb at the International Summer Academy of Music in Ochsenhausen (Germany).
He has taught in the fields of music education, music theory, music and movement, traditional music, organ and harpsichord at music schools, conservatories and higher arts education institutions. He has also delivered training courses for music teachers on music theory teaching, music and movement, and instrumental introduction, as well as specialised courses in Iberian organ performance.
Since 2023, he has been a member of the Department of Music Education at Musikene, where he teaches Music Education Methods: Kodály. Since 2025, he has also taught on the Postgraduate Programme in Basque Traditional Music, teaching the subjects Fundamentals of Didactics and Classroom Resources and Teaching Practice.
Since 2026, he has been a professor of Music, Movement and Eurhythmics at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC).