Jakes Abeberry

Abeberry was born in Biarritz on 25 April 1930.[2] He was the son of baker Jean Abeberry and teacher Ernestine Etcheverry.[3] He had four brothers: Albert, Pierre, Maurice, and Jean-Claude.[4] At the age of 16, he became a singer and dancer with Oldarra, of which he became artistic director in 1953 and president in 1973. He became director of the weekly newspaper Enbata,[5] of which he had been an editorialist since 1968.[6] He was honorary president of "Biarritz autrement – Biarritz Bestelakoa", which he co-founded in 1989.[7]

In 1983, Abeberry was elected to the municipal council of Biarritz, where he remained until 30 March 2014.[8] In 1991, he became second deputy mayor, giving him the responsibility of promoting culture in Biarritz. He founded the dance festival Le Temps d'Aimer, which paved the way for a national choreographic center in 1998,[7] known today as the Malandain Ballet Biarritz.[9] He partnered with the Académie André-Marchal to create the Concours international d'orgue de la ville de Biarritz in 1993. That year, he also promoted the Orchestre d'harmonie de Biarritz.[10]

Jakes Abeberry died on 29 November 2022, at the age of 92.[11]

• Les Groupes folkloriques (1960)
• Tribune. Euzkadi eta Europa (1964)
• Où en est le projet des Rocailles ? Jakes Abeberry, 3e adjoint, nous présente le projet pour le quartier des Rocailles, autour de la future bibliothèque (1996)
• La politique culturelle à Biarritz / Biarritz culture (1997)
• Je défendrai la maison de mon père (1998)[12]
• Nolako egitura politikoa ? (1998)
• La réunification d'Euskal Herria passe par l'Europe (1998)
• La Construction de l'eurorégion Euskal Herria (1999)
• Etxebeltzkeriak : 1975-1999 : 300 dessins d'Etxebeltz parus dans Enbata (1999)
• Luzaroan bizikide (2000)
• Bascotilles (2005)
• Guerre civile et nationalisme (2007)
• Oldarra. Une histoire, un esprit (2018)