AZQUINEZER, Iris

Iris Azquinezer was born in Madrid in 1984. She began her studies of cello at age 3 and piano at age 5 with her mother, the late contemporary composer María Escribano.

In recent years she has recorded two solo albums (Azul y Jade, 2014 and Blanco y Oro, 2019) from a trilogy that includes the Bach Cello Suites and her own works (composed in the same tonalities as Bach Cello Suites). This original work has made her a space in the Spanish classical music scene, where she also gives music appreciation workshops for music lovers and professionals about Johann Sebastian Bach´s works.
With Zaruk, a longstanding duo with the German guitarrist Rainer Seiferth, they have recorded two albums: Hagadá (2016) inspired in Sephardic songs and Agua (2022) and have performed more than 100 concerts in Spain and Germany.

She is the artistic director of “A solas”, a series of concerts, based on the union of word and music, where each artist creates their own connection with the public by explaining their own vision of their instrument, music and programme. Over the years interpreters like Sara Águeda, Juanjo Guillem, Pablo M. Caminero or Claudio Constantini have participated in it.