Guitar maker Amsterdam
This is Kuang Junhong. He is twelve years old and dropped by with his teacher Xu Bao, head of the Guitar Department of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu. They were on their way home after having visited Guitar Symposium Iserlohn. Kuang Junhong had taken part in the competition were he became fourth. For the best interpretation of Spanish music he won the First Prize.
Otto Vowinkel is a household name in the classical guitar world; a renowned luthier with customers all over the world.
His instruments are physically light, easy to play, ultra-responsive and very powerful. His guitars have outstanding tonal qualities, evenness in sound colour and a perfect intonation.
Otto blogs about making guitars, guitarists who play his instruments, festivals he visits and ‘his’ guitar series Meesters op de Gitaar. He also writes about guitar maintenance.