Maite Idirin

Maite Idirin Solatxi (July 12, 1943 – January 20, 2024) was a Spanish singer of Basque origin.

Maite Idirin was a pioneer of the musical renewal of Basque songs in the 1960s and 1970s. She was a founder of the Zabal bookstore in Baiona. She published a book in Basque on Basque nationalism.

In 2014 the Academy of the Basque Language awarded her as an honorary academic.

• 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

• 2011, Honorary Basque Studies Award, city of Bayonne.
• 1979, gold medal for singing in Bayonne.
• 1981, gold medal for singing in Bordeaux.