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Nearly thirty years after La Guitarra de Torres (Divox, 1996/1997), Stefano Grondona is releasing a

new album entirely dedicated to exploring the sound of Antonio de Torres' instruments. The CD

closes a circle that began to take shape with the initial public performances on these guitars during

the luthier festival held at the Conservatorio di Vicenza, in 1995. Now, after a long exploratory coexistence,

that Guitarra already configures itself from the title as Ancestral - and therefore archetypal,

not adjectifiable - through an album that simultaneously retraces the universe of Torres and the expressive

modes of Grondona. In fact, the recordings span from 2000 to 2022, encompassing a wide

variety of environments and sonic creations.