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I am thrilled to have participated in this prestigious festival and its series of Conferences. Each presentation will be written up for publication in a book which will come out next year at the festival. I was first with Javier Riba and an analysis of the guitars which appear in Romero’s paintings and a more detailed description of one of the guitars which is housed in the Julio Romero de Torres Museum in Córdoba. This guitar and its maker were influential in the direction taken by the Córdoba guitar-makers after he (Rafael Casana) came to the city after working with José Ramírez in Madrid.

Javier Suárez-Pajares and Oscar Fernández offered their point of view on Romero’s symbolism especially with respect to the guitar on the following two days.