KEPA JUNKERA

Kepa Junkera became a professional musician as a young man. His exposure to music had begun as a child, with his mother appearing as a dancer partner to the Basque dancer Txilibrin and his grandfather providing tambourine accompaniment for these performances.

The diatonic accordion was the first instrument he took an interest in.

Kepa soon began to get a reputation as an innovator in the genre, and in 1990 he won an award in Madrid for the best young contemporary folk artist.

He also won the Latin Grammy Award with K album in 2003.