Under the initial impulsion of the great Spanish guitarist and musicologist Emilio Pujol, Rafael Andia shows interest for the baroque guitar. His meeting, in 1975, with Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume is decisive : the guitarist re-visits Robert de Visée’s works for guitar under the guidance of the harpsichordist. This reputed erudite of ancient music introduces Rafael Andia to the secrets of the genuine French baroque style. This knowledge proved to be precious for Rafael Andia’s work at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique as well as during his recording of the pieces for guitar of François Le Cocq and Robert de Visée and in the accompaniment of French baroque dance at the dance company l’Eclat des Muses.
Rafael Andia created, in 1976, the baroque guitar class at l’Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris while pursuing music research.