The guitar festival held every year in Granada is now in full swing and I have been to a few concertsalready. I think I might catch Julia Trintschuk this week and Iliana Matos next week and of course I will watch the final of the guitar-making competition. Last night we saw Raphaël Feuillâutre play a repertoire which included pieces from the baroque period right up to relatively modern times. His playing was very musical and of a perfection which I think few today could show on such difficult and rapid passages. On Saturday I saw Carles Trepat who also offered an excellent concert with a very well chosen programme of pieces which are not so commonly played. The expressiveness and authenticity with which he plays is second to none. He plays these days with period instruments and gut strings. It really is just like stepping back in time to hear how these guitars sounded. He played his 1892 Torres and a guitar made by Domingo Esteso. I attended with a friend who also plays on historic guitars and he referred to Carles as “the poet of the guitar”.