Luca Waldner, the luthier with young musicians in mind Upon graduation, he started out as a concert guitarist and teacher, but quickly dropped everything to focus solely on lutherie. He studied pre-War Spanish guitars with an absolute passion: Arias, Santos, Simplicio, García, Ramírez… until he came across his ultimate point of reference: Antonio de Torres. Set up in a small town in Lombardy known as Ponte in Valtellina, Luca Waldner works solo. He employs modern techniques in his workshop, such as vacuum gluing and automatic temperature and humidity control. These methods are consistent with his goal of reducing production costs to a minimum so as to make his guitars more accessible to young musicians. Orfeo – Your work is greatly inspired by Torres, is it not? Luca Waldner – For me, Torres is a luthier who is right up there with Stradivari or Guarneri. His absolute understanding of the guitar can be seen in every detail. When you look at his guitars, and
Luca Waldner started learning the guitar when he was 12 years old. He went on to earn a diploma from the Castelfranco Veneto Conservatory, where he studied under Stefano Grondona.