Paulino Bernabe Senior
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Paulino Bernabe Senior was a Spanish luthier
.
, and then learned the art of making classical guitars from José Ramírez III
. After opening his first own workshop in 1969 he developed an individual strutting system for the interior of his instruments. Since the early 1980s until shortly before his death in 2007 the master worked together with his son Paulino Bernabe II, who took over the workshop from his father.
Instruments made by Paulino Bernabe Senior were and are played by internationally know guitarists, inter alia by Narciso Yepes
, Johanna Beisteiner
and Alexandre Lagoya
.
(Germany
).
Luthier
A luthier is someone who makes or repairs lutes and other string instruments. In the United States, the term is used interchangeably with a term for the specialty of each maker, such as violinmaker, guitar maker, lute maker, etc...
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Life
Born in Madrid, Paulino Bernabé received music lessons from Daniel Fortea, a pupil of Francisco TárregaFrancisco Tárrega
Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea was an influential Spanish composer and guitarist of the Romantic period.-Biography:Tárrega was born on 21 November 1852, in Vila-real, Castelló, Spain...
, and then learned the art of making classical guitars from José Ramírez III
José Ramírez III
José Ramírez III was a luthier and the grandson of José Ramírez, founder of Ramírez Guitars. He was responsible for major changes both to the company and to the classical guitars it produces....
. After opening his first own workshop in 1969 he developed an individual strutting system for the interior of his instruments. Since the early 1980s until shortly before his death in 2007 the master worked together with his son Paulino Bernabe II, who took over the workshop from his father.
Instruments made by Paulino Bernabe Senior were and are played by internationally know guitarists, inter alia by Narciso Yepes
Narciso Yepes
Narciso Yepes was a Spanish guitarist.-Biography:Yepes was born into a family of humble origin in Lorca, Region of Murcia. His father gave him his first guitar when he was four years old. He took his first lessons from Jesus Guevara, in Lorca...
, Johanna Beisteiner
Johanna Beisteiner
Johanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
and Alexandre Lagoya
Alexandre Lagoya
Alexandre Lagoya was a classical guitarist. His early career included boxing and guitar, and as he cites on the sleeve of his 1981 Columbia album, his parents hoped he would outgrow his predilection for both....
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Awards
1974 Bernabe was awarded the Gold Medal at the International Crafts Exhibition in MunichMunich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
(Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
).
Samples
- Videos of the Austrian classical guitarist Johanna BeisteinerJohanna BeisteinerJohanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
played on a classical guitar made by Paulino Bernabe
External links
- Biography of Paulino Bernabe Senior on the official website of Paulino Bernabe
- Article on Paulino Bernabe Senior on the official website of the German classical guitarist Thomas Karstens
- Biography of Paulino Bernabe Senior on the official website of the Austria classical guitarist Johanna Beisteiner