Yesterday Vicente Coves of the European Guitar Foundation presented the first Festival de la Guitarra de Granada. Members of the guitar community in Granada have long believed that the number of great makers past and present in this city have made it deserving of a festival as important as that of Córdoba. As a matter of fact the book “The Granada School of Guitar-makers” came out of a failed attempt to create a festival such as this one.

This initiative is to be applauded and we should all work together to make it a success. Activities will take place in July and August and October. In addition to the concerts shown below, highlights of the festival include well-deserved hommages to Antonio Marín and Eduardo Ferrer; both very important in encouraging the number and the quality of the guitar-makers working here today. A guitar-building contest will be celebrated as well with an international jury.

The links below don’t yet have much more information but hopefully they will soon include  the complete programme.

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