{"id":1368,"date":"2025-06-23T21:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T21:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/javiercastanoluthier.com\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T18:29:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T18:29:55","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/javiercastanoluthier.com\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1368\" class=\"elementor elementor-1368 elementor-852\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5401b33 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5401b33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3638780 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3638780\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Me<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2906f82 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2906f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb62633 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bb62633\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb2beab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fb2beab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd6cc61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd6cc61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BIOGRAPHY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5bb5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e5bb5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"comp-kyajdb98\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-kyajdb98 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\">Javier Casta\u00f1o was born in Madrid in 1974. At the age of fourteen, he already showed a strong passion for flamenco guitar and began playing the instrument. The feeling grew so much that, at the age of twenty-two, he began his career as a guitar maker, taking several courses with the master Rafael L\u00f3pez Porras in C\u00e1diz. In the following years, he continued working with Rafael in the courses he taught, helping and exchanging opinions, experiences, and techniques with various guitar makers who attended the courses.<\/p><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\">In 2008, he began working fully at the Madrid school. It was at this point that his career as a luthier took on a new meaning, as he acquired knowledge and techniques from this great school of masters. 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