Lazkao Txiki

Joxe Miguel Iztueta Cortajarena (September 15, 1926 – April 3, 1993), better known as Lazkao Txiki was a Basque bertsolari poet and musician.

Iztueta was born in Lazkao, in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Autonomous Community in northern Spain.

When he was 9, he watched bertsolaris for the first time, from which he developed an early and lasting enthusiasm for Basque bertsolaritza music.

[1] Early in his life Lazkao Txiki worked as a bricklayer and farmer, and sold fodder for cows.

[1] Twelve years later he entered the prestigious contest (txapelketa), reaching the finals.