Sergio Abreu

Both as soloist and in duo with his brother Eduardo, Sergio Abreu is one of the greatest classical guitarists to have emerged from Brazil in the late 1960s. In the early 1980's as he shifted his professional focus in the direction of guitar construction, and he is now arguably Brazil's finest in this craft. Much of his playing was done on a 1930 Hauser, the very instrument which Jose Romanillos used as the basis for three instruments built in 1973 (one for Sergio, one for his brother Eduardo and the other - for Julian Bream, a guitar which has become one of the most famous guitars in history). Not surprisingly, this Hauser has also been of primary influence in Sergio's work as well.