{{Short description|Basque singer}} {{Family name hatnote|Idirin|Solatxi|lang=Basque}} {{Infobox person | name = Maite Idirin | image = MaiteIdirin.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = Idirin in 2014 | birth_name = Maite Idirin Solatxi | birth_date = July 12, 1943 | birth_place = Ugao-Miraballes, Spain | death_date = January 20, 2024 (aged 80) | death_place = Anglet, France | education = Euskaltzaindia | occupation = singer | spouse = Jokin Apalategi }} '''Maite Idirin Solatxi''' (July 12, 1943 – January 20, 2024) was a Spanish singer of Basque origin.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=20 January 2024 |title=Fallece la cantante Maite Idirin |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/cultura/detalle/9403123/fallece-cantante-maite-idirin/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240124231510/https://www.eitb.eus/es/cultura/detalle/9403123/fallece-cantante-maite-idirin/ |archive-date=24 January 2024 |access-date=9 January 2025 |website=Euskal Irrati Telebista}}</ref>
== Biography == Maite Idirin was a pioneer of the musical renewal of Basque songs in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noticias de Gipuzkoa |date=20 January 2024 |title=La voz de terciopelo de Maite Idirin se ha apagado en Angelu a los 80 años |url=https://www.noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus/cultura/2024/01/20/voz-terciopelo-maite-idirin-apagado-7767057.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240124231658/https://www.noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus/cultura/2024/01/20/voz-terciopelo-maite-idirin-apagado-7767057.html |archive-date=24 January 2024 |access-date=9 January 2025 |language=es}}</ref> She was a founder of the Zabal bookstore in Baiona. She published a book in Basque on Basque nationalism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SL |first=TAI GABE DIGITALA |date=2024-01-20 |title=Maite Idirin abeslaria zendu da |url=https://www.naiz.eus/eu/gaiak/noticia/20240120/maite-idirin-abeslaria-zendu-da |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=naiz |language=eu |archive-date=2024-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125173753/https://www.naiz.eus/eu/gaiak/noticia/20240120/maite-idirin-abeslaria-zendu-da |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2014 the Academy of the Basque Language awarded her as an honorary academic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=El Diario Vasco |date=23 January 2024 |title=La cultura vasca despide a la cantante Maite Idirin |url=https://www.diariovasco.com/culturas/cultura-vasca-despide-cantante-maite-idirin-20240123065653-nt.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.diariovasco.com%2Fculturas%2Fcultura-vasca-despide-cantante-maite-idirin-20240123065653-nt.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240124231913/https://www.diariovasco.com/culturas/cultura-vasca-despide-cantante-maite-idirin-20240123065653-nt.html?ref=https://www.diariovasco.com/culturas/cultura-vasca-despide-cantante-maite-idirin-20240123065653-nt.html |archive-date=24 January 2024 |access-date=9 January 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
== Discography ==
* 1968, ''Atahualpa Yupanqui en euskera''. * 1970, ''Solatxi'' * 1972, ''Detchepare 1545'' * 1973, ''Sudor frío, sangre caliente''. * 1975, ''Desde que nace la semilla, puesta en la tierra''. * 1979, ''Hermandad'' * 1992, ''En sueños'' * 2012, ''Villancicos'' * 2013, ''Maite Idirin en concierto''
== Awards ==
* 2011, Honorary Basque Studies Award, city of Bayonne. * 1979, gold medal for singing in Bayonne. * 1981, gold medal for singing in Bordeaux.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Idirin, Maite}} Category:1943 births Category:2024 deaths Category:Basque-language singers Category:20th-century Spanish women singers Category:21st-century Spanish women singers Category:Basque women