190 Otto Vowinkel's Workshop ideas in 2025 | classical guitar, guitar, workshop

A new member of the 2A family: a fifth bass guitar

Over the years, I’ve often been approached by guitarists who were interested in a fifth bass guitar. Unfortunately, they were sometimes taken aback by the price, which is comparable to a concert guitar.

Sanel Redzic at Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam Irina Kulikova, Time To Move On, Move On, 25 Years, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Things To Think About

Meesters op de Gitaar

Sanel Redzic, Rovshan Mamedkuliev, Berta Rojas, Judicael Perroy, Duo Melis, Gabriel Bianco, Paco Peña, Rafael Aguirre, Manuel Barrueco, Marcin Dylla, Irina Kulikova, Beijing Guitar Duo, Roberto Aussel, Ana Vidovic, SoloDuo, Odair Assad, Pedro Ribeiro Rodrigues... Just a few names of guitarists who performed in Meesters op de Gitaar. We would have loved to invite many more, but after 25 years we thought it was time to move on. Het Concertgebouw will continue, something we are very happy with.

Kristina Miljenovic

Kristina Miljenovic is a young guitarist from Montenegro who started playing the guitar at the age of seven and turned out to be very talented. She gave her first solo concert at the age of thirteen and despite her young age, the list of masterclasses she followed and festivals she attended to, seems countless. She has appeared several times on television and her biography contains more than twenty prizes, medals and certificates including prizes at international guitar festivals.

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Robin Scherpen and Petra Poláčková, two solo concerts at Het Concertgebouw

Guitarist Robin Scherpen will play a solo concert in De Koorzaal in which he will present his second album The Verge of Light.

Keith Wong

Keith Wong is a guitarist from Hong Kong. He visited Otto Vowinkel's workshop on a sunny day in February, during a small round trip through Europe, including The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Alen Garagic looking into the camera playing a guitar made by Otto Vowinkel. Ljubljana Slovenia, The Director, Concert Hall, Confidence Building, Slovenia

Vadya , Alen Garagic's Guitar Salon

In 2019, guitarist Alen Garagic took on a new role as the director of Guitar Salon Vadya, a premier showroom for classical and flamenco guitars in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Francisco Tarrega’s much beloved Capricho Árabe performed by Benjamin Verdery on a baritone guitar by Otto Vowinkel. Baritone Guitar

Benjamin Verdery - Capricho Árabe by Francisco Tarrega

Video of Francisco Tarrega’s much beloved Capricho Árabe performed by Benjamin Verdery on a baritone guitar by Otto Vowinkel.

Otto Vowinkel and Benjamin Verdery in Central Park under a Blossoming Tree Central Park, Dear Friend, Walk In, New York

Benjamin Verdery and the Baritone

This is Otto with the great Benjamin Verdery in Central Park. Last April we visited Benjamin in his hometown New York and after a great lunch we had a beautiful walk in a blossoming Central Park.

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A new member of the 2A family: a fifth bass guitar

Over the years, I’ve often been approached by guitarists who were interested in a fifth bass guitar. Unfortunately, they were sometimes taken aback by the price, which is comparable to a concert guitar.

Sanel Redzic at Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam

Meesters op de Gitaar

Sanel Redzic, Rovshan Mamedkuliev, Berta Rojas, Judicael Perroy, Duo Melis, Gabriel Bianco, Paco Peña, Rafael Aguirre, Manuel Barrueco, Marcin Dylla, Irina Kulikova, Beijing Guitar Duo, Roberto Aussel, Ana Vidovic, SoloDuo, Odair Assad, Pedro Ribeiro Rodrigues... Just a few names of guitarists who performed in Meesters op de Gitaar. We would have loved to invite many more, but after 25 years we thought it was time to move on. Het Concertgebouw will continue, something we are very happy with.

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VŨ HIỂN was born in 1983 and started playing the guitar at an early age but it was not before his twenties that he became a real guitar enthousiast. Nowadays Vu Hien is a central figure in the Vietnamese guitar scene. He is well known as a performer, teacher and arranger/ composer. He is also active as an organizer of concerts, festivals and competitions and the owner of Emotion Guitars, a guitar shop in Hanoi where my guitars can be found.

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Ju young Cheong is a versatile guitarist

This Ju young Cheong , a composer / guitarist from South Korea. Together with Damie Lee he works on the The Jazz Guitar & Vocal Duo Project. New songs are uploaded to the YouTube channel of Damie Lee, who, besides being a great singer, is also a professional composer and pianist. Ju young Cheong has a Masters degree in jazz guitar. In the video he plays a Otto Vowinkel, model 2A.

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Alex van der Horst, better known as the luthier Alejandro was born in Amsterdam but lived in Spain from the age of 17. He was a great guitar maker and very musical player.

Cim Frode plays Purple Ash and Prelude nr 3 by Villa Lobos for Siccas Guitars

This still comes from a video from Siccas Guitars, a guitar shop in Karlsruhe, located in the south of Germany and founded by the brothers Manuel and Mirco. Siccas Guitars is very active on social media. It has several YouTube channels, including ToneBank. There Cim Frode plays the same, two pieces in almost every video: his own Purple Ash and the third Prelude by Heitor Villa Lobos.

Madrid Guitar Duo

During their studies they occaisionally started playing together and over time they grew into a serious guitar duo. In 2017 they toured through Asia where they gave a concert in Seoul, organized by Partita, my South Korean dealer. He recorded the video below in which they perform on two of my guitars, model 2A.