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Is guitar your kind of thing? Has it ever crossed your mind to make your own guitar? Dream no further, cause you can actually build your own guitar right here in Cebu City. Not just any guitar, but a world-class, hand-crafted guitar made of world class quality materials and under the tutelage of world class guitar builder - Maestro Adolfo Toyoda Timuat.
A Pre-Festival Activity of The 2nd Cebu International Guitar Festival, the Guitar Making Workshop by Maestro Adolfo Toyoda Timuat , the workshop will be on August 31 to September 4, 2019 at the Robinsons Place Galleria Cebu, from 9 am to 5:00 pm. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of the great Spanish guitar-making tradition from Maestro Adolfo Toyoda Timuat and experience what it takes to create a masterpiece. Workshop Registration Fee is at P15,000.00 only and is inclusive of the guitar kit - Top: Engelman Spruce; back and sides: Dao; neck: African Sapele; fretboard: Robles also known as Philippine Snakewood and hardware (strings and machine heads). Tools are provided for use during the workshop.
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Now let's get to know Maestro Adolfo Toyoda Timuat. He is of Filipino-Japanese descent, living in Madrid and a much sought after flamenco guitarist not just in Spain but around Europe and Southeast Asia. He is recognized by guitar masters of Spain as "guitarista de concierto, compositor, professor, e investigador". He was born in Okinawa, Japan of a Filipino father and Okinawan mother.
He has studied with some of the greatest flamenco guitarists and guitar builders in Spain such as Sabicas, the legendary gypsy Juan Maya Marote and Archangel Fernandez.
Adolfo is the only Filipino recognized with the Carnet de Artisano from Castilla La Mancha as a builder of string instruments in Spain. He is an expert on tonewoods and exports and imports wood from all over the world.
He has given solo concerts throughout the world with special mention Carnegie Hall, and twice at the Lincoln Center, New York. Currently, he is conducting workshops on Guitar and Ukelele construction in the following countries: Philippines, Malaysia, Spain and Taiwan. And just recently chosen as one of the judges in the XXIII CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE GUITARRA CIUDAD DE LINARES' ANDRES SEGOVIA, an international Andres Segovia guitar competition in Linares, Spain.
He collaborates and experiments the use of thermally modified wood (TMW) together with the forestry of the state university if Yilan, in conjunction with Acoustic Scientists, Guitar/Ukelele String makers and the TMW Company in Taiwan.
The thought of making your own guitar and instructed by a world class guitar builder would be enough to get your heart racing and be filled with amazement. Plus the fee is very affordable, considering the quality of the materials and great mentoring you will acquire. This would truly be an exciting workshop to look forward to.
For more information regarding the workshop, You may contact the Guitar Foundation of the Philippines Inc. at +6332-316-6579, +639173202087, or you may send a private message at their Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/guitarfoundationph/
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