03/06/2026
The Hermann Hauser Guitar Foundation preserves something fragile — and shapes the future nonetheless. Barbara Probst-Polášek (1939–2019), one of its founding figures, is no longer with us. Yet this foundation is about passing something on, about keeping alive a tradition that could so easily disappear.
In the film, Barbara Probst-Polášek and Pepe Romero — two people who have spent a lifetime wrestling with an instrument — talk about guitar technique with unmistakable joy. This is not carelessness. It is the kind of lightness that only comes after decades of serious work: quiet, deep, unshakeable.
Pepe Romero once called his Hauser guitar the instrument with the purest sound of all classical guitars. That is not a technical statement. That is love. And when that love unfolds in a conversation, it creates a warmth you can feel — without understanding a single word.
This foundation does not want to be a monument. It wants to create, to pass on, to stay alive. Not a conservative classical music club — but a new beginning. Made by people who know that traditions can die, and who speak about the finest details with care and joy for exactly that reason. That is a form of dignity.
The beginning of the Hermann Hauser Guitar Foundation | Impressions...
