{"id":1103,"date":"2022-06-25T15:45:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T14:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2022-06-25T15:48:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T14:48:19","slug":"ronda-international-guitar-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/?p=1103","title":{"rendered":"Ronda International Guitar Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I recently visited this festival and unlike Glastonbury, there was no need to sleep in a field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is an annual festival dedicated to music in general and the Spanish Guitar in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a week, internationally renowned artists from different countries and of different genres come on stage. The festival strives to highlight the versatility and diversity of styles that the guitar embraces: classical, romantic, flamenco, jazz and contemporary. Appealing and attractive to the musical tastes of a wide audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220610_123614558_HDR-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220610_123614558_HDR-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220610_123614558_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220610_123614558_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220610_123614558_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220610_123614558_HDR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_20220610_123614558_HDR-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The event is organised by local guitarist and composer Paco Seco and a team of friends and family. Paco s a guitarist and an open, versatile and creative musician. His music is a result of much self-discipline and knowledge. Through discovery and adventure, he has reinterpreted his experiences into music accentuating his southern Spanish spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Paco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Paco.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Paco.jpg 683w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Paco-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His music has taken him to the London Guitar Festival, Genoa Mediterranean Music Festival, Omis Guitar Festival, Sarajevo Sevdah Festival, Brno Guitar Festival, Buitengewoon Festival Doetinchem, Fiuggi Guitar Festival, San Remo International Guitar Festival, Tangier\u00b4s Music F\u00eate, Beem Cultural Centre of Lisbon, The Circle of Fine Arts in Madrid, International Festival of Music, &amp; Dance of Granada, Elk Music Festival, the Royal Alcazar of Sevilla and many more venues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently visited this festival and unlike Glastonbury, there was no need to sleep in a field.&nbsp; This event is an annual festival dedicated to music in general and the Spanish Guitar in particular. 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