Guitar Styria Festival 2026
Exhibitors
D’accordo will be exhibiting on Saturday and Sunday and present their product at theSunday presentation.
Antonio Zwirn (HR)
Antonio Zwirn has been in the instrument-making field for over 20 years, while he has been working as a concert classical guitar builder for 11 years. His oeuvre so far consists of over 50 classical guitars and over 600 other string instruments. His central architectural role models are the French builder Daniel Friederich and the German builder Gernot Wagner.
For the front panel he uses spruce and Canadian cedar in combination with traditional and modern luthier techniques, while he uses Indian or Brazilian rosewood, Madagascar, ziricote and other materials for the body of the instrument.
Antonio Zwirn will be exhibiting on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You can hear his guitars at both presentations on Friday and Sunday.
Guitar Presentations (Friday, Sunday)
Hideo Sato (DE)
Hideo who alongside with his brother, Takeo, learned playing guitar with Prof. Ansgar Krause, has pursued the work in the workshop with deep interest already in his early days.
He decided to devote himself fully to guitar making in 2011. After a couple of years of apprenticeship, he started to build guitars with his father in Germany.
Building on his father’s rich experience, he now implements his own ideas in the business. Already his first guitars grabbed the attention of well-known guitarists around the world.
You can hear the guitars of Hideo Sato at both the Friday and the Sunday presentation.
Marcelo López (CH)
In 2016, the Swiss-born luthier built his first guitar under the guidance of master guitar maker Werner Schär. He then attended the State School of Musical Instrument Making in Mittenwald, Germany.
After graduating in 2020, Marcelo moved to Basel, Switzerland, where he opened his own guitar-making workshop.
The main focus of his work lies in repairs and the construction of traditional Spanish classical and flamenco guitars, as well as guitars from the Romantic period.
Marcelo López will be exhibiting on Saturday and show his guitars at the Friday presentation.
David Gritsch (AT)
˝David Gritsch builds acoustic guitars to the highest standards. In his guitars, he combines traditional craftsmanship with modern design and innovative construction.
In addition to his creations, he repairs used instruments and gives them a new lease of life.˝ (David Gritsch)
David Gritsch will be exhibiting on Sunday and show his guitars at the Sunday presentation.
Anže Lopatič (SI)
Anže Lopatič, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1998, has been passionate about woodworking since 2013. This passion led Anže to enroll in the Wood Engineering program at the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, where he is currently completing his Master’s degree.
His academic background has given him in-depth knowledge of wood properties, structural behavior, and acoustic performance. He built his first classical guitar in 2021. Since then, guitar making has become his primary focus, blending craftsmanship, science, and artistic expression.
His engineering background enables him to thoughtfully select tonewoods and design guitars that are resonant, balanced, and responsive.
Anže Lopatič will be exhibiting on Friday and show his guitars at the Friday presentation.
Željko Jelić (HR)
Master craftsman Željko Jelić is a native of Osijek, with over half a century of life experience and a little more than 15 years of experience in making musical instruments. After retiring (and even while still in service), he developed an interest in wood and began making furniture; however, at the beginning of his musical journey in late 2007, he replaced tables and wardrobes with tamburicas and guitars.
His vocational secondary-school education in the technical field greatly helped him understand materials, components, and the processes of making musical instruments, as well as enabling him to handcraft his own tools and aids for the production process.
When it comes to guitars, he trusts the playing experience of several experts more than his own, so he has never ventured seriously into that field.
Željko Jelić will be exhibiting on Friday and show his guitars at the Friday presentation.
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