List of classical guitarists

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This is a list of classical guitarists.

Baroque (17th and 18th centuries)

Name Born Country
Antoine Carré France
Francesco Corbetta c.1615–1681 Italy
Francisco Guerau 1649–1717/22 Spain
Gaspar Sanz 1640–1710 Spain
Giovanni Battista Granata 1620/1–1687 Italy
Angelo Michele Bartolotti ??–c.1682 Italy
Ludovico Roncalli 1654–1713 Italy
Girolamo Montesardo early 17th century Italy
Robert de Visée c.1658–1725 France
Santiago de Murcia c.1682 or 1685–1732 Spain

19th century

Name Born Country
Adam Darr 1811–1866 Germany
Andrei Osipovich Sychra 1773(6?)–1850 Russia
Antoine de Lhoyer 1768–1852 France
Catharina Josepha Pratten 1821–1895 Germany, United Kingdom
Dionisio Aguado 1784–1849 Spain
Eduard Bayer 1822–1908 Germany
Ernest Shand 1868–1924 United Kingdom
Ferdinando Carulli 1770–1841 Italy
Fernando Sor 1778–1839 Spain
Francesco Molino 1775–1847 Italy
Francisco Tárrega 1852–1909 Spain
François de Fossa 1775–1849 Spain, France
Giulio Regondi 1823–1872 Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom
Ivan Padovec 1800–1873 Croatia
Jacques Bosch 1825–1895 Spain, France
Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz 1805–1881 Poland
Johann Kaspar Mertz 1806–1856 Slovakia, Austria
José Brocá 1805–1882 Spain
José Ferrer 1835–1916 Spain
Joseph Küffner 1776–1856 Germany
Julián Arcas 1832–1882 Spain
Luigi Legnani 1790–1877 Italy
Luis T. Romero 1854–1893 USA
Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti 1801–1878 Italy
Matteo Carcassi 1792–1853 Italy
Mauro Giuliani 1781–1829 Italy
Napoléon Coste 1805–1883 France
Niccolò Paganini 1782–1840 Italy
Pierre Jean Porro 1750–1831 France
Simon Molitor 1766–1848 Germany, Austria
Wenzel Thomas Matiegka 1773–1830 Czech Republic
Victor Magnien 1802–1884 France

20th century

Name Born Country
Abel Carlevaro 1916–2001 Uruguay
Agustín Barrios Mangoré 1885–1944 Paraguay
Alexandre Lagoya 1929–1999 France
Alirio Díaz 1923–2016 Venezuela
Andrés Segovia 1893–1987 Spain
Antonio Lauro 1917–1986 Venezuela
Antonio Membrado 1935–2016 Spain
Carlos Paredes 1925–2004 Portugal
Cayo Sila Godoy 1919–2014 Paraguay
Celedonio Romero 1913–1996 Spain
Clara Nicola 1926–2017 Cuba
Emilio Pujol 1886–1980 Spain
Frantz Casseus 1915–1993 Haiti
Heinrich Albert 1870–1950 Germany
Ida Presti 1924–1967 France
Italo Meschi 1887–1957 Italy
José Tomás 1934–2001 Spain
Konrad Ragossnig 1932–2018 Austria
Laurindo Almeida 1917–1995 Brasil
Leif Christensen 1950–1988 Denmark
Luise Walker 1910–1998 Austria
María Luisa Anido 1907–1996 Argentina, Spain
Miguel Ablóniz 1917–2001 Egypt, Greece, Italy
Miguel Llobet 1878–1938 Spain
Milan Zelenka 1939 Czech Republic
Narciso Yepes 1927–1997 Spain
Oscar Ghiglia 1938 Italy
Regino Sainz de la Maza 1896–1981 Spain
Renata Tarragó 1927–2005 Spain
Sergei Orekhov 1935–1998 Russia
Stanko Prek 1915–1999 Slovenia
Vahdah Olcott-Bickford 1885–1980 USA
William Foden 1860–1947 USA

Modern

Name Born Country
Adam Holzman 1960 USA
Adnan Ahmedic 1975 Bosnia
Alberto Ponce 1935–2019 Spain, France
Alejandro González 1973 Cuba
Alice Artzt 1943 USA
Álvaro Pierri 1953 Uruguay
Ana Vidović 1980 Croatia
Anastasia Bardina 1962 Russia
Anders Miolin 1961 Sweden, Switzerland
Andrew York 1958 USA
Angel Romero 1946 Spain
Aniello Desiderio 1971 Italy
AnnaMaria Cardinalli 1979 USA
Annette Kruisbrink 1958 Netherlands
Antigoni Goni 1969 Greece
Artyom Dervoed 1981 Russia
Andrei Krylov 1959 Russia
Badi Assad 1966 Brazil
Benjamin Dwyer 1965 Ireland
Berta Rojas 1966 Paraguay
Carlo Domeniconi 1947 Italy
Carlo Marchione 1964 Italy
Carlos Bonell 1949 United Kingdom
Cesar Amaro 1948–2012 Uruguay
Charles Ramirez 1953 United Kingdom
Chen Shanshan 1983 China
Christopher Parkening 1947 USA
Dang Ngoc Long 1957 Germany, Vietnam
David Leisner 1953 USA
Dave Flynn 1977 Ireland
David Russell 1953 United Kingdom
David Starobin 1951 USA
David Tanenbaum 1956 USA
Denis Azabagic 1972 Bosnia
Detlev Bork 1967 Germany
Dimitri Illarionov 1979 Russia
Dušan Bogdanović 1955 Serbia
Edoardo Catemario 1965 Italy
Edson Lopes 1957 Brazil
Eduardo Fernández 1952 Uruguay
Ekachai Jearakul 1987 Thailand
Elie Ossipovitch 1987 France
Eliot Fisk 1958 USA, Austria
Erkan Ogur 1954 Turkey
Erling Møldrup 1943–2016 Denmark
Evan Hirschelman 1976 USA
Evangelos Assimakopoulos 1940 Greece
Filomena Moretti 1973 Italy
Flavio Sala 1983 Italy
Frank Bungarten 1958 Germany
Gabriel Estarellas 1952 Spain
Gareth Koch 1962 Australia
Gentil Montaña 1942–2011 Colombia
Georg Gulyás 1968 Sweden
Gilbert Biberian 1944 Turkey, United Kingdom
Goran Krivokapić 1979 Serbia
Göran Söllscher 1955 Sweden
Gordon O'Brien 1966 Canada
Heike Matthiesen 1969-2023 Germany
Hubert Käppel 1951 Germany
Hucky Eichelmann 1956 Germany, Thailand
Humberto Bruni Lamanna 1957 Venezuela
Irina Kulikova 1982 Russia
Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon 1953 Bolivia
Jason Vieaux 1973 USA
Jim Ferguson 1948 USA
Johanna Beisteiner 1976 Austria
John Couch 1976 New Zealand, Australia
John Feeley 1955 Ireland
John Schneider 1950 USA
John Williams 1941 Australia, United Kingdom
Jorge Cardoso 1949 Argentina
Jorge Morel 1931 Argentina, USA
József Eötvös 1962 Hungary
Józef Zsapka 1947 Slovakia
Juanjo Domínguez 1951–2019 Argentina
Julian Bream 1933–2020 United Kingdom
Jürgen Rost 1945 Germany
Kaori Muraji 1978 Japan
Karin Schaupp 1972 Germany, Australia
Peter and Zoltán Katona 1968 Hungary
Kazuhito Yamashita 1961 Japan
Kyuhee Park 1985 South Korea
Laura Snowden United Kingdom, France
Laura Young 1962 Canada
Leo Brouwer 1939 Cuba
Leon Koudelak 1961 Czech Republic, Switzerland, Thailand
Li Jie 1981 China
Liat Cohen 1971 France, Israel
Liona Boyd 1949 Canada
Liza Zoe 1940 Greece
Magnus Andersson 1955 Sweden
Mak Grgic 1987 Slovenia
Manuel Barrueco 1952 Cuba
Marc Ongley[1] 1952 USA
Marc Regnier 19?? USA
Marcin Dylla 1976 Poland
Marco Pereira 1950 Brazil
Margarita Escarpa 1964 Spain
María Isabel Siewers 1950 Argentina
Maria Kämmerling 1946 Germany
Marko Topchii 1991 Ukraine
Mårten Falk 1973 Sweden
Martha Masters 1972 USA
Mattias Schulstad 1984 Sweden
Máximo Diego Pujol 1957 Argentina
Michael Laucke 1947 Canada
Michael Nicolella 1963 USA
Michael Tröster 1956 Germany
Milica Ilic 1981 Australia
Milos Karadaglic 1983 Montenegro
Monika Rost 1943 Germany
Nicola Hall 1969 United Kingdom
Nikita Koshkin 1956 Russia
Norbert Kraft 1950 Austria, Canada
Ólavur Jakobsen 1964 Faroe Islands
Oliver Fartach-Naini 1964 Germany
Pablo Márquez 1967 Argentina
Patrick Kearney 1970 Canada
Paul Galbraith 1964 United Kingdom
Pavel Steidl 1961 Czech Republic, Netherlands
Pepe Romero 1944 Spain
Petar Čulić 1986 Croatia
Petrit Ceku 1985 Kosovo
Piotr Pakhomkin 1985 Russia, USA
Rafael Andia 1942 France
Rafael Serrallet 1971 Spain
Reinbert Evers 1949 Germany
Ricardo Gallén 1972 Spain
Robert Phillips 1953 USA
Roberto Fabbri 1964 Italy
Roland Dyens 1955–2016 France
Scott Tennant 1962 USA
Sean Shibe 1992 United Kingdom
Sergio Assad 1952 Brazil
Sharon Isbin 1956 USA
Simone Iannarelli 1970 Italy
Slava Grigoryan 1976 Australia
Stanley Yates 1958 United Kingdom, USA
Stefano Grondona 1958 Italy
Štěpán Rak 1945 Czech Republic
Stephen Marchionda 1967 USA, Spain
Su Meng 1988 China
Thomas Müller-Pering 1958 Germany
Tilman Hoppstock 1961 Germany
Timo Korhonen 1964 Finland
Tony Harmon 1958 USA
Vladimir Gorbach 1981 Russia
Ferenc Bernáth 1981 Hungary, Ukraine
Andras Csaki 1981 Hungary
Wang Yameng 1981 China
William Kanengiser 1959 USA
Yang Xuefei 1977 China
Yorgos Foudoulis 1964 Greece
Zoran Dukic 1969 Croatia
Miloš Karadaglić 1983 Montenegro

See also

References

  1. ^ Ongley, Marc (March 22, 2017). Classical Guitar for Everyone. ISBN 9781544768991. Retrieved 23 June 2023.