Guitar maker Amsterdam
Doïna, musique d’inspiration populaire is the new CD of Cécile Cardinot and Olivier Bensa. Together they form the duo Guitares en bois . I received Doïna by snail mail, this time without a personal note. But the CD, including Verano Porteño, makes up for it.
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.