It is a tremendous honour for us to announce that the legendary luthier, Andres Marvi, will be presenting a lecture on guitar building during the upcoming Expo!

Andrés Daniel Marvi, born in 1956. In his youth he already played the guitar with regularity. After having finished his A – levels, he gave lessons in several conservatories. Meanwhile he devoted himself to designing his hand – made guitars with the aim of creating his own sounds. In 1984 he took part in a guitar course in Zurich under the guidance of José Luis Romanillos. In this way his talent as a craftsman was confirmed as well as his manual dexterity and capability. He took an exam in guitar manufacturing in Erlangen in 1985. Andrés D. Marvi has lived since 1988 in a small spanish village near the guitar metropolis of Granada.

Amongst some of the guitarrists who play Marvi´s guitars is the „virtuoso“ Aniello Desiderio “Il Fenomeno“, a century guitarist. Also Graham Devine the 1st prize winner of the Alhambra International Guitar Competition 2002 and 1st prize winner Emilio Pujol Competition Italy 2002. The winner Goran Krivokapic of the Alhambra International Guitar Competition 2004.

It is there that he makes his instruments, surrounded by Andalusian atmosphere and he keeps in touch with numerous colleagues of the same trade. After a number of years of guitars handfactoring and always open to innovations, Marvi took part in a further higher course in 1992 once again with Romanillos in the city of Cordoba.

Marvi is approaching his 50th anniversary of guitar building in 2026 and it is a pleasure for us to celebrate him and his contribution to the guitar world during the coming festival.

The topic of the lecture is called "From a Tree to a Guitar" and will happen on the second day of our Expo, starting at 19:30, so be sure to save the date in your agenda!