Today was a very active day for the festival, the first round of the Antonio Marin Guitar-making competition and the concert by students of Summer Arts who have been here for three weeks studying guitar with some great teachers. Here are the guitar-makers who were selected to continue tomorrow in the second round of trials:

Yulong Guo – China
William Gonzalez – Estados Unidos
Rafael Fuentes – España
Samuel Perez – España
Hans van Velzen – Holanda
Gaoyi – China
Mijail (Michael) Kharash – Rusia
Valerio Licari – Italia
Hironori Fukuda – Japon
Yan lei- China
Fernando Moreno – España
Francisco Alba – España
Donatella Salvato – Italia

Once again I am pleased with the showing by Granada makers; Francisco Muñoz Alba is from Granada, Mijail Kharash and Valerio Licari have been living and working in Granada for many years now.

Alexei Khorev demonstrating the guitars.

The true stars of the show.

Participants and jury.