Antonio Raya Ferrer (b. 1980) is the son of Antonio Raya Pardo, one of Granada's most renowned luthiers. Antonio Raya Ferrer's roots also connect him with another of Granada leading families of Spanish guitar makers.
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Antonio Raya Ferrer (b. 1980) is the son of Antonio Raya Pardo, one of Granada's most renowned luthiers. Antonio Raya Ferrer's roots also connect him with another of Granada leading families of Spanish guitar makers.
Born in Madrid, Spain, in 1949, the luthier Angel Benito Aguado began to work as a carpenter, learning the fundamentals of wood working when he was but a young boy. At age 12, he built his first guitar ...
Ana Espinosa Rodriguez is a Spanish luthier in Granada, and builds classical and flamenco guitars. She was born in Tíjola, Almeria, in 1960 from an early age she was exposed to woodcrafts, as her grandfather was a cabinet maker...
The Spanish luthier Antonio Raya Pardo was born in 1950 in Huelva (Jaen), but his family moved to Granada when he was fourteen. Before becoming a guitar maker he worked as a weaver, he then, like so many of guitar makers of his generation, he apprenticed with Eduardo Ferrer for a short time, and eventually married Pilar Ferrer, Eduardo's granddaughter. In 1972, he continued his training Jose Lopez Bellido,
Andres Dominguez Guerrero is a luthier in Sevilla, Spain who was born in Jerez de la Frontera in 1947. As a young man he was drawn to the guitar.
Alberto Martin Ramos was born in Malaga in 1977. He began building guitars at the age of 15 working a self-taught builder, by taking apart his guitar. In his late teens, he apprenticed with the Chacon family in Malaga, makers both guitars and instruments in the violin family. At his workshop Alberto Martín Ramos uses traditional techniques of construction to classical and flamenco guitars in the very best Spanish tradition....
The Spanish luthier Aaron Garcia Ruiz was born 1965 in Granada. From childhood he was fascinated with musical instruments. When he was 12, he began to play bandurria, and sing in a choir. As he loved South American music, he began building its instruments. At university, he became a musicologist