This is a list of classical guitarists.
Baroque (17th and 18th centuries)
19th century
20th century
Contemporary
| Name |
Born |
Country
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| Adam Holzman |
1960 |
USA
|
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| Adnan Ahmedic |
1975 |
Bosnia
|
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| 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
|
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| 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 |
1989 |
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
|
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See also
References
- ^ Ongley, Marc (March 22, 2017). Classical Guitar for Everyone. ISBN 9781544768991. Retrieved 23 June 2023.