Celebrating our 25th Anniversary!

November 2017: It's been 25 years since the first Heeres guitar was built! We celebrated this feat with the first edition of Guitar Festival The Hague at 'De Nieuwe Regentes' theatre on November 25th, 2017.

 

The day was packed to the rafters with an exhibition, lectures, workshops, movies and concerts. An overview of the day can be seen in the clips and slide show below. 

Classical guitarist Fernando Riscado Cordas opened the evening with pieces by Torroba, Ponce and Albeniz.

For his first ever solo performance, jazz guitarist Marcio Philomena played 20 minutes of standards and original pieces.

Jazz guitarists Axel Hagen and Olaf Tarenskeen took the audience through 20 minutes of continuous music, connecting John Coltrane, an original piece and Django Reinhardt through free improvisation.

Arturo Ramón played a Tarantas, a free flamenco style that originated in the Andalusian province Almería.

Flamenco guitarists Johan Frauenfelder and Arturo Ramón both played solo, but also performed as a duo, playing some of Paco de  Lucía's falsetas.

We closed the evening with a performance of choreographer and dancer Karin Eij,  to a siguiriyas by Johan Frauenfelder.

  • Ticket booth getting ready.
  • Lecture about the construction of the crossed double neck guitars made for Terence Hansen.
  • Terence Hansen showing how to play the crossed double neck electric.
  • Terence Hansen showing how to play the crossed double neck acoustic.
  • Rumba workshop by Johan Frauenfelder.
  • Participants in the Rumba workshop by Johan Frauenfelder.
  • Rumba workshop by Johan Frauenfelder.
  • Olaf Tarenskeen and Axel Hagen ready for action.
  • Lecture by Olaf Tarenskeen and Axel Hagen: Jazz guitar duo's from the Roaring Twenties to the present day.
  • Lecture by Olaf Tarenskeen and Axel Hagen: Jazz guitar duo's from the Roaring Twenties to the present day.
  • 25 years of Heeres Guitars represented by 40 guitars on loan from their owners.
  • 25 years of Heeres Guitars represented by 40 guitars on loan from their owners.
  • 25 years of Heeres Guitars represented by 40 guitars on loan from their owners.
  • 25 years of Heeres Guitars represented by 40 guitars on loan from their owners.
  • 25 years of Heeres Guitars represented by 40 guitars on loan from their owners.
  • Watching '2 Men and their Guitarz'.
  • Visitors trying the Small Jumbo models
  • Lecture by Fernando Cordas: The Poetic Guitar.
  • Lecture by Fernando Cordas: The Poetic Guitar.
  • Clearing the theatre hall after the exhibition.
  • One last picture...
  • Getting ready for evening concerts.
  • Audience ready for evening concerts.
  • The MC of the evening, Johan Frauenfelder.
  • Fernando Cordas's concert.
  • Marcio Philomena's concert.
  • Terence Hansen's concert.
  • Terence Hansen's concert.
  • Terence Hansen and fans at intermission
  • Intermission.
  • Concert by Olaf Tarenskeen and Axel Hagen.
  • Arturo Ramón.
  • Arturo Ramón and Johan Frauenfelder.
  • Johan Frauenfelder and Karin Eij.
  • One last picture of the audience.