This is a rare opportunity to try both of my Torres models while they are still in the shop for a short time only. The first is my SE153 which I have been making since 2005 and the other is a copy of SE 70 which I only recently was able to study and photograph. The originals are both used often in concert and can be heard on various videos and recordings. The two sound somewhat different because of construction details such as differing top doming, fan braces extending under the top bar in the case of SE 70 and a general lightness of build. The SE 153 is somewhat 
more elaborate in its decoration.
Category Archives: Antonio de Torres 1892
Torres copy SE 153
Marcus Toscano in La Capilla Gomerez
Marcus Toscano is a Brazillian guitarist who moved to Granada two or three years ago and has been filling the city with music since then. Recently he began performing at the Palacio de Gomerez near Plaza Nueva with a spanish repertoire and lately on a Marcelo Barbero guitar. In October he started an exciting series of concerts which he will play on guitars made by Granada makers. The first one was on a Juan Miguel Carmona in October and this month he will play on one of mine on December 10th. I have included a video which we recorded in my workshop earlier this year on a copy of Santos Hernández. Torre Bermeja by Albeniz.
Fernando Espí in Madrid
Saturday June 8 gave us the presentation of the Petrer Festival in Madrid at Guitarras de Luthier. Fernando Espí was responsible for the musical offering and chose to play pieces from four different epochs and used four different copies of period instruments. His choice for the 19th century was my copy of Antonio de Torres. I hope for a recording or a video at some point but I have heard that Fernando made the guitar sound great. Of course maybe the road goes both ways.
Granada, ciudad de la guitarra
Spanish version here. Yesterday we spent the afternoon setting up the exhibition “Granada, ciudad de la guitarra” which opens today in the Sala Zaida, Caja Rural. The exhibition opens with a quote from Evaristo Valentí’s article “La nueva escuela” and takes us through the development of the guitar (thanks to Asociación para el Estudio de la Guitarra RCSMVE) to leave us with a great collection of guitars made in Granada. The only exception is the Antonio de Torres guitar from the Centro de Documentación Musical de Andalucia which is there to remind of us of the fact that Torres built his first guitar in Granada. 
A series of videos showing guitar-makers at work, a selection of historical tools, jigs and documents are on display as well. The highlights of the exhibition will be the concerts, live workbenches and the conferences. Here you can see guitar-maker Juan García Fernández, who will have his workbench onsite for a few periods throughout the exhibition, admiring the work of Pernas, Caro and del Valle. Thanks again to Gloria Medina for all the work and of course to Fundación Caja Rural and Poli Servián for the iniative. Click here for the programme. 