Cipriano Vigil has devoted his life to the collecting and performing of Hispano folk music and the education of this music through his instrument building. Cipriano is dedicated to preserving the music of the culture that he grew up with.
Since 1960 Cipriano has recorded the old musicians to create a collection of 21 CDs. There are decimas, cuandos, trovos, inditas, corridos valonas, basically the whole long list of styles of this region.
Cipriano also makes instruments. Working with the schools, he has made over 3000 cigar box guitars for the state’s students. After building the necks and preparing the boxes, he takes them to the schools where the children assemble them, and he teaches them a few very basic chords and strums. The children then take their guitars home to keep.
