Conde Hermanos (Conde Brothers) are world famous luthiers of classical and flamenco guitars. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Flamenco is a Spanish term that refers both to a musical genre known for its intricate rapid passages and a dance genre characterized by its audible footwork The Conde dynasty was founded by Domingo Esteso in 1915 in Madrid. Domingo Esteso (1882&ndash1937 was a Luthier who trained under Manuel Ramírez. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Esteso in turn trained his nephews Faustino and Mariano Conde Sr. Later, Julio Conde was trained by his own brothers.
Domingo Esteso passed away in 1937, since then the three Conde Brothers continued working for Esteso's widow under the name of "Viuda y Sobrinos de Esteso" (Esteso's Widow and Nephews) until 1960. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Since 1960 until 1988-89 they took over the shop and called themselves "Sobrinos de Domingo Esteso Conde Hermanos" (Esteso's Nephews, Conde Brothers) or "Conde Hermanos Sobrinos de Domingo Esteso" (Conde Brothers, Esteso's Nephews).
Mariano & Faustino Conde (father & uncle of Mariano & Felipe Conde) started crafting the rosewood flamenco guitar in the seventies. Until that moment the traditional flamenco guitar was crafted exclusively in Spanish cypress wood. Cypress is the name applied to many Plants in the conifer family Cupressaceae (cypress family Their rosewood crafted guitar was introduced on stage by Paco de Lucía. Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez (in Algeciras, Cádiz on December 21, 1947) is a Spanish composer and guitarist
Famous Flamenco guitarists such as Paco de Lucía, Manolo de Huelva, Niño Ricardo, Melchor de Marchena, Sabicas, Mario Escudero, Esteban de Sanlucar, Regino Sainz de la Maza, Oscar Herrero, Roberto Morón, José Manuel Cañizares, Rafael Riqueni, Enrique de Melchor and other styles guitarist such as Al Di Meola, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, John Williams (guitarist), Lenny Kravitz, David Byrne. Sabicas (Agustín Castellón Campos was a Flamenco Guitarist who was born in 1912 in Pamplona, Spain and died in 14 April 1990 in Mario Escudero is one of a handful of Spanish flamenco guitar virtuosos who helped spread flamenco beyond their homeland when they migrated to the United States in the 1960's Regino Sainz de la Maza y Ruiz (born September 7 1896 in Burgos, died November 26, 1981 in Madrid) was a Spanish Oscar Herrero is a Flamenco Guitarist from Spain. He was born in Tomelloso ( Ciudad Real) in 1959 Al Di Meola (born Al Laurence Dimeola July 22, 1954 in Jersey City New Jersey) is an Italian American Jazz fusion and Latin jazz Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 best known by his former Stage name Cat Stevens, is a British Musician John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941 is a Grammy Award winning Australian-born British Classical guitarist Biography Born in Melbourne Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American Singer-songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Record . . have played and still play with the worldwide known guitars of Conde Hermanos.
Nowadays Felipe and Mariano Conde (sons of Mariano Conde Sr. ) continue the great Esteso-Conde tradition in their workshop at Felipe V St. nº 2 in Madrid close to the Teatro Real (Royal Theatre) and the Palacio Real (Royal Palace). Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. The Teatro Real (literally Royal Theater) or simply The Real (as it is known colloquialy is an Opera house in Madrid. They are known as "Conde Hermanos Sucesores Sobrinos de Esteso" (Conde Brothers - Esteso's Nephews Succesors)
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