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Arnold Nieuwendam plays classical guitar as an amateur guitarist
Arnold had guitars of Carlo Mell, Dirk Witte, La Guitarra Buena and Amalio Burguet. In the seventy years he gave guitarlessons and plays at present still the traditional classic guitar. Arnaldo likes also flamenco and fado.

Arnold 11 years old (1957)
 
Arnold 15 years old (1961)
 


Arnold 16 years old (1962)

 

 Above: With Christmass 1961 Arnold got
Egmond guitar  of his parents (with iron strings).
For that he played on selffmade guitar and
got then lesson  of one Henk, which learned him
agreements  game and songs to sing, what would
continue  do he the rest of its life. Egmond guitars
had been in former days made of triplex.

Left: Also he played The Swallows as from in a band  its 16de years. The guitar which he played on was  a red Fender. On its 18de he stopped with electric guitar play, but continued with acoustic guitar.

 

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Left: Arnold with his Tataya Thomas
 (a study guitar).

Left: In the middle Adrie Berkhout
right his older brother
Ronald Nieuwendam with
De Ronaldo's


In 1968 he taken guitarless from
Carlo Mell, in Amsterdam.
Classic and two years flamenco

 

 

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In his yought he singing folksongs in yought hotels where he with he friends coming for years. Every time a grand party with with te guitars an folksongs. The photo's are taken in 1967 and 1968

 

 
 


In 1970 buy Arnold a Ramirez gitaar

 

 



In the years seventy he has given classic guitar lessons.
This pictures is taken in the Blankenstraat (1974)

 

 

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Arnold in 1973.

 

From 1970 to 1974 has Arnaldo lessons
of Joop Helleman. In Amsterdam
a famous classic guitarplayer.
In 1972 be Arnaldo a proffesional
guitarist. Arnold giving for many
years lessons on a
privé-musicschool Van der Stad,
and he has many students at home

He saw all the greatest guitar players
in concerts: Julian Bream, Narcisso
Yepes, John Williams,
Alirio Diaz, Alexander Lagoya
and many other guitarplayers

 

 
Arnold and Lucia van Ruiten (USA)
with American folksongs. 

 
 

 

 


With the painter Rob Jurrissen, playing Arnaldo years together (ca1976)

 

 

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El Payo Humberto giving a prive-concert for
Arnaldo and giving him a the Ramirez concertguitar (ca1976).
During the concert make Arnaldo designs of Humberto.

 

 

 
 


His two cats Fari en Dikkie
(now died) love his guitarmusic
In his studio
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 



On this concertguitar Jose Ramirez, playing Arnoldaldo 25 years.
In 2002 he give him back to the owner El Payo Humberto
 

 

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In compagny Dirk Witte buy Arnaldo 2002 a beauthefull studyguitar.
The guitarname is: Manuel Rodriquez e Hijos uit Madrid,  Spruce To mod c 0937
 
 

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In his studio playing the Hijos guitar
 
 

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His exhibition (2005) in the Kunstkerk was very succesfull,
Arnaldo buy a new guitar
 

 
  
Here trying Arnoldo some guitars, on
the picture playing he a Amalio Burguet, in
the special guitarstore La Guitarra Buena.

Left Carla Klein.
 
 

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In het atelier van Arnaldo 		In het atelier van Arnold
In his studio
Left on the photo Arnold
with an Amalio Burguet AC



The guitar and her music is bounded with the life of Arnold.

His wife Carla Klein writing in bronze:

Painting life is making music
  
With his pussycat Floortje


From the young Portugeus Elmar Rodolfo Gardes, he got some lessons fado



Arnold trying Elmars guitar (viola)

Arnold test a Vowinkel concert-guitar (his dream)
 

Arnold plays guitar duets with his guitar friends


Arnold and Alfredo
Edo Vriend

 
Arnold en Alfredo during the Christmas concert December 20 2015

Arnold plays classic guitar, for its pleasure and as an amateur.
 


Birthday of the yooungest Guitar student! 10 year!
 
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