Miguel Ángel Casado Luthier of traditional wind instruments

Originally a draftsman by trade, I left that career to enter the world of woodworking as a cabinetmaker. I completed courses in restoration and wood carving at the Community of Madrid, while establishing my artisan craft workshop in Madrid (leatherwork, saddlery, and restoration).

Shortly thereafter, I entered the world of folk music, studying and playing in traditional sessions. During that time, I co-founded the folk group Trasgo, performing together for approximately four years, and later Barahúnda, with whom we recorded an album and toured for another three years.

That led me to meet renowned master maker Jesús Reolid, with whom I soon began working, entering the craft of stringed instrument making. Together we built and restored rabel fiddles, harps, hurdy-gurdies (zanfonas), bouzoukis, and citterns for prominent musicians such as Germán Díaz, Luís Delgado, Carlos Beceiro, and Enrique Almendros.

For about five years, driven largely by Enrique Almendros’s encouragement, I combined that activity with rigorous research into the acoustic construction of historical and traditional wind instruments.

In 2000, I joined the bagpipe workshop of Hevia, Parrado & Aragón, where I worked for two years. Today, I create handcrafted instruments full-time in my own independent workshop.