Txemi Etxebarria
Txemi Etxebarria was born in Arrasate (Gipuzkoa, Spain). He has been playing the horn since he was 8. At the age of 18, he went to study in Bilbao at the Conservatorio Superior JC de Arriaga, in combination with a study in Environmental Science and training as a Music Teacher at the University of the Basque Country.
After completing these studies, Txemi moves to the Netherlands to pursue a master's degree in horn at the Maastricht Conservatory. He received a grant from the Gipuzkoa province for this. He also studies jazz and piano and receives private composition lessons from Dutch composer Jef Penders for 4 years. He also decides to study orchestral conducting. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Maastricht (NL) with Enrico Delamboye and Jan Stulen and his master's degree at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (Be) with Ivo Venkov.
CONDUCTORS OF THE PSO
1930 Otto Boller
1930-1940 Jan During
1940-1942 Hein Jordans
1944-1945 Alphons Stallaert
1945-1947 Stan Donders van Eyck
1947-1952 Otto Glastra van Loon
1952-1960 Henri Arends
1960-1987 Louis Stotijn
1987–present Jules van Hesse