Manuel Cáceres
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The Spanish luthier Manuel Cáceres Pizarro is one of the leading representatives of the Madrid school. Born in 1947 in Camillo de Llerena, a small working town near Guadámez, when he was about thirteen, his family moved to Madrid. A few days later, he found work as an apprentice in the Ramirez workshop. After a brief time, however, his family moved to Germany. Unhappy there, Manuel returned to Spain and work as a farm worker with his brother. He soon found this work monotonous, and decided to return to Madrid where he again found work in the Ramirez workshop, assisting Pedro Manzanero and Ramon Peñalver in the repair department. In 1964, Manuel Caceres was transferred to the construction department, and spent four years there before he had to do his military service. After doing his stint in the army, Manuel returned to the Ramirez workshop and was soon promoted to master craftsman. He continued working as a guitar maker for Ramirez until 1978, when he decided to go out on his own. The flamenco and classical guitars he made in Ramirez bear the initials MC. In the years since, Manuel's classical guitars have received international awards, and his flamenco guitars are used by an increasing number of professionals flamenco guitarists such as Paco Peña, Manolo Sanlúcar, and Paco de Lucia. He has also given master workshops on guitar making in Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. In recent years, he has divided his time between working in his own shop and working with Arcangel Fernandez. |
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