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  Organist

  A man leans towards the keyboard as his body is absorbed into the architecture of the organ. Antonio Oteiza turns the act of performance into an image of complete concentration: musician and instrument no longer appear as separate realities, but as a single structure from which silence seems about to become music.
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  Trikititxa

  Two musicians rise from the same mass of bronze, united by rhythm and by a shared tradition. Antonio Oteiza transforms the trikitixa into a sculptural construction of great intensity: Basque popular music is no longer only sound, but becomes body, encounter and collective memory.
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  Accordion Player

  The figure gathers around the accordion until musician and instrument become a single presence. Antonio Oteiza transforms performance into both a physical and inward experience: arms, torso and instrument are bound together in a compact composition where music, though unheard, seems to remain suspended within every fold of the bronze.
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  Irrintzilari

  A figure lifts the head and gathers the entire body into the instant of releasing the irrintzi. Antonio Oteiza transforms this ancestral cry into a sculpture of extraordinary tension: the voice seems to pass through the material, open the body and project itself into space as an expression of identity, celebration and belonging.
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  Txalaparta

  Two musicians lean over the txalaparta and create a rhythm that can exist only through listening and mutual response. Antonio Oteiza transforms this Basque tradition into a scene of intense concentration: bodies, makilak and wooden boards become a single structure in which music arises from the encounter between two people.
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  Ttuttulari

  The musician gathers the entire body into the act of blowing, while the instrument extends outwards in a powerful curve. Antonio Oteiza transforms performance into an image of expansion: air seems to pass through the figure, open the material and become a sound that exceeds the limits of the bronze.
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  Txistulari I

  The txistulari brings breath, melody and rhythm together in a single gesture. Antonio Oteiza condenses this complex coordination into a vertical, compact figure in which the body, the txistu and the percussion element become one sculptural structure. Music is presented not as spectacle, but as inner discipline, memory and shared belonging.
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  Cellist

  The cellist leans over the instrument until the two seem almost inseparable. Antonio Oteiza transforms performance into a scene of intimacy and concentration: the body listens, the bow advances and the cello occupies the centre of a composition in which music, matter and gesture are no longer perceived as separate realities.
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  Irrintzilari

  The body leans back, the head rises and the irrintzi seems to force its way through the bronze. In this relief, Antonio Oteiza turns the cry into a force that transforms the surface: the figure emerges from the background, strains against it and appears to break through it, making visible the energy of a voice bound to celebration, identity and shared experience.
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  Drums of Bajo Aragón

  A multitude of figures, drums and bass drums fills almost the entire surface of the relief. Antonio Oteiza transforms one of the most powerful traditions of Bajo Aragón into an image of extraordinary density: bodies overlap, drumsticks cut across the space and the bronze seems to retain the vibration of a collective sound that exceeds each individual performer.
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  Musicians

  Several figures gather within a shared space, each absorbed in an individual gesture yet connected to the others by music that cannot be heard. Antonio Oteiza transforms the ensemble into a structure of rhythms, pauses and presences: the bodies unfold across the bronze like distinct voices learning to coexist within the same performance.