Jesus Guridi

Jesús Guridi Bidaola was a Spanish Basque composer born in Vitoria, Spain in 1886. Guridi was born into a family of musicians. His mother, Maria Trinidad Bidaola, was a violinist and his father, Lorenzo Guridi, was a pianist. After completing his early studies, he moved to Madrid where he received lessons from Arina Valentin. Later, in Bilbao, he received violin lessons from Lope Alana and studied harmony with José Sáinz Besabe. On 28 January 1901 he gave his first public concert with the Philharmonic Society of Bilbao.