Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña was a Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist. Many professional classical guitarists were either students of Segovia or students of Segovia's students. Segovia's contribution to the modern-romantic repertoire included not only commissions but also his own transcriptions of classical or baroque works. He is remembered for his expressive performances: his wide palette of tone, and his distinctive musical personality, phrasing and style.
Miguel Llobet Solés was a classical guitarist, born in Barcelona, Spain. Llobet was a renowned virtuoso who toured Europe and America extensively. He made well known arrangements of Catalan folk songs for the solo guitar, made famous arrangements for the guitar of the piano compositions of Isaac Albéniz, arrangements immortalized by Andrés Segovia, and was also the composer of original works.
Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani was an Italian guitarist, cellist, singer, and composer. He was a leading guitar virtuoso of the early 19th century.
Angelo Gilardino was an Italian composer, guitarist, and musicologist.
Mark Delpriora is an American classical guitarist and composer.
Filomena Moretti is an Italian classical guitarist. She was born in Sassari, graduated from the Sassari Conservatory, winning the first prize. After her graduation, she continued her studies with Ruggero Chiesa and won several international competitions:
The chitarra battente is a musical instrument, a chordophone of the guitar family. It is similar to the 5-course baroque guitar, but larger and typically strung with five double strings, traditionally made of brass, but currently - steel. Nowadays it is typically used by folk musicians, mainly in the southern Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, and Campania, as well as in other areas of southern Italy; in past centuries the instrument was found in most of central and southern Italy.
Lucio Matarazzo is an Italian classical guitarist. Along with successful guitarists Julian Bream, Alirio Diaz and Alexandre Lagoya, he is a recipient of the prestigious Chitarra d'Oro in the category of Una Vita per la Chitarra awarded by the International Guitar Convention of Alessandria.
József Eötvös is a classical guitarist, from Pécs, Hungary. Eötvös studied with Roland Zimmer and Franz Just at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt", Weimar. He won several international competitions between 1985 and 1988. He has since toured extensively through Europe, including concerts in Austria, Bohemia, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Romania, Sweden, and Slovakia. Eötvös is credited with the transcription and first ever recording of the Goldberg Variations in the original key, previously considered a most daunting cross-over from Bach's keyboard works.
Roberto Fabbri is an Italian classical guitarist, composer, teacher and writer.
Ernesto Cordero is a Puerto Rican composer and classical guitarist.
Giovanni Paolo Foscarini was an Italian guitarist, lutenist, theorist and composer.
Pino Rucher was an Italian guitarist active in orchestral settings and in film soundtracks.
Ruggero Chiesa was a prominent Italian classical guitarist, teacher and editor.
Italo Meschi was a harp guitarist from Lucca, Italy.
Tullio Bassi is an Italian violin maker. He made instruments for members of a number of renowned orchestras. He studies and follows the techniques of the renowned luthier, Antonio Stradivari.
Maria Rita Brondi was an Italian guitarist, lutenist, singer, composer, and music historian.
Carmelo Samonà was an Italian academic and writer, as well one of the most important Italian Hispanists.
Miguel Ablóniz, also known as Michelis Ablonitis was a Greek-Italian guitarist and composer who composed and performed in diverse styles, including classical and Bossa Nova.
"Chitarra romana" is a 1934 Italian folk song composed by Bruno Cherubini and Eldo Di Lazzaro.
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