Stephen Hill, head luthier at the school is proud to hold the position of giving the1st prize Concert guitar to the winner of the Andres Segovia International Guitar Competition, one of the worlds highest level competitions. This year 2020 the first prize of €10,000 plus a Concert guitar in Cedar…
In 2017 as part of the Granada International Guitar Festival, this International Guitar making competition was started, paying homage to one of the greatest living guitar makers Antonio Marin Montero. In the first year the 1st prize was won by Sergio Valverde, one of our students, and to top it…
New second workshop opens! We are pleased to say that we have now a nice well equipped second workshop in the town of La Herradura, Spain. About 65 paces i.e. 30 seconds from the main shop it has two good benches, all basic tools and a separate machine room with…
Stephen Hill, the creator of the European Institute of guitar making, was recently awarded the status of the Registro de Artesanos de Andalucia, with rigorous checks affirming the highest quality of his work as an Artisan in Andalucia. This gives his work even more prestige and status.
We are happy to announce a new short film about the Institute of guitar making, made by the La Herradura based film company Costamundo. Take a look!
