Oihane Perea Perez de Mendiola

Oihane Perea Perez de Mendiola (1977) was last year's bertsolaris champion and can proudly wear the txapeldun. 

A bertsolari is a singer of bertso, a musical verse in Basque tradition. The bertolaris are often found in pairs, in which a topic is sung extemporaneously in verses alternatively, but they can stage solo or group verse sessions too. Oihane is a teacher and facilitator at the Araba Bertsolaris Association. 

At the age of 12 she began in the Gasteiz bertsolaris school. She is 
currently Araba champion and is three-times provincial champion.