FELIPE CONDE
THANK YOU LEONARD COHEN
"I was compelled (...) to go and open my guitar. I have a Conde guitar, which was made in Spain... I pick up an instrument I acquired over 40 years ago. I took it out of the case, I lifted it, and it seemed to be filled with helium it was so light. And I brought it to my face and I put my face close to the beautifully designed rosette, and I inhaled the fragrance of the living wood. You know that wood never dies. I inhaled the fragrance of cedar as fresh as the first day that I acquired the guitar. And a voice seemed to say to me: “You are an old man and you have not said thank you, you have not brought your gratitude back to the soil from which this fragrance arose". And so I come here tonight to thank the soil and the soul of this people that has given me so much."
-Fragment from Leonard Cohen's speech at Principe de Asturias Awards.
Leonard Cohen's Integral Acceptance Speech at the Principe de Asturias Awards Ceremony
http://www.fpa.es/en/multimedia/1511/
Report on Leonard Cohen and his Conde Guitar on Spanish national television (Spanish)
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/telediario/leonard-cohen-guitarra-espanola/1231919/
Report on Antena 3 (Spanish)
Article in "El País" (Spanish)
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/madrid/lutieres/Leonard/Cohen/elpepiespmad/20111030elpmad_6/Tes
Article in "El Mundo" (Spanish)
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/10/28/cultura/1319807819.html
ABOUT FELIPE CONDE
Heir to nearly one hundred-year-old family tradition of guitar making, rigorous selection processes at the workshop ensure that only the very finest materials and noble woods are being employed in the process of construction of our guitars. Great care is lavished on every detail, ensuring the unique quality and exclusive character of each and every instrument.
With desire to deal more directly with our customers, as well as to offer a more comfortable and informal environment in which to try out our guitars, we welcome all professionals or amateur guitarists interested to visit us at our worshop and showroom at 4, Arrieta St., opposite our old workshop formerly located at Felipe Vº St.
