Guitar maker Amsterdam
This is the poster of A melody to remember, a movie based on a true story: During the Korean war a soldier starts a children’s choir, in trying to overcome the loss of his family.
Ricardin Hwang, the South-Korean guitarist I told you about earlier is playing the guitar in the soundtrack.
Ricardin, in South Korea better known as Min Woong Hwang, plays beautifully. Listen to a fragment of the soundtrack. Or watch this video, taken during a concert of Ricardin, last December.
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.