List of classical guitarists

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Baroque (17th and 18th centuries)

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

19th century

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

20th century

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

Modern

NameBornCountry
Adam Holzman 1960USA
Adnan Ahmedic 1975Bosnia
Alberto Ponce 1935–2019Spain, France
Alejandro González 1973Cuba
Alice Artzt 1943USA
Álvaro Pierri 1953Uruguay
Ana Vidović 1980Croatia
Anastasia Bardina 1962Russia
Anders Miolin 1961Sweden, Switzerland
Andrew York 1958USA
Angel Romero 1946Spain
Aniello Desiderio 1971Italy
AnnaMaria Cardinalli 1979USA
Annette Kruisbrink 1958Netherlands
Antigoni Goni 1969Greece
Artyom Dervoed 1981Russia
Andrei Krylov 1959Russia
Badi Assad 1966Brazil
Benjamin Dwyer 1965Ireland
Berta Rojas 1966Paraguay
Carlo Domeniconi 1947Italy
Carlo Marchione 1964Italy
Carlos Bonell 1949United Kingdom
Cesar Amaro 1948–2012Uruguay
Charles Ramirez 1953United Kingdom
Chen Shanshan 1983China
Christopher Parkening 1947USA
Dang Ngoc Long 1957Germany, Vietnam
David Leisner 1953USA
Dave Flynn 1977Ireland
David Russell 1953United Kingdom
David Starobin 1951USA
David Tanenbaum 1956USA
Denis Azabagic 1972Bosnia
Detlev Bork 1967Germany
Dimitri Illarionov 1979Russia
Dušan Bogdanović 1955Serbia
Edoardo Catemario 1965Italy
Edson Lopes1957Brazil
Eduardo Fernández 1952Uruguay
Ekachai Jearakul 1987Thailand
Elie Ossipovitch 1987France
Eliot Fisk 1958USA, Austria
Erkan Ogur 1954Turkey
Erling Møldrup 1943–2016Denmark
Evan Hirschelman 1976USA
Evangelos Assimakopoulos 1940Greece
Filomena Moretti 1973Italy
Flavio Sala 1983Italy
Frank Bungarten 1958Germany
Gabriel Estarellas 1952Spain
Gareth Koch 1962Australia
Gentil Montaña 1942–2011Colombia
Georg Gulyás 1968Sweden
Gilbert Biberian 1944Turkey, United Kingdom
Goran Krivokapić 1979Serbia
Göran Söllscher 1955Sweden
Gordon O'Brien 1966Canada
Heike Matthiesen 1969-2023Germany
Hubert Käppel 1951Germany
Hucky Eichelmann 1956Germany, Thailand
Humberto Bruni Lamanna1957Venezuela
Irina Kulikova 1982Russia
Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon 1953Bolivia
Jason Vieaux 1973USA
Jim Ferguson 1948USA
Johanna Beisteiner 1976Austria
John Couch 1976New Zealand, Australia
John Feeley 1955Ireland
John Schneider 1950USA
John Williams 1941Australia, United Kingdom
Jorge Cardoso 1949Argentina
Jorge Morel 1931Argentina, USA
József Eötvös 1962Hungary
Józef Zsapka 1947Slovakia
Juanjo Domínguez 1951–2019Argentina
Julian Bream 1933–2020United Kingdom
Jürgen Rost 1945Germany
Kaori Muraji 1978Japan
Karin Schaupp 1972Germany, Australia
Peter and Zoltán Katona 1968Hungary
Kazuhito Yamashita 1961Japan
Kyuhee Park 1985South Korea
Laura Snowden United Kingdom, France
Laura Young 1962Canada
Leo Brouwer 1939Cuba
Leon Koudelak 1961Czech Republic, Switzerland, Thailand
Li Jie 1981China
Liat Cohen 1971France, Israel
Liona Boyd 1949Canada
Liza Zoe 1940Greece
Magnus Andersson 1955Sweden
Mak Grgic 1987Slovenia
Manuel Barrueco 1952Cuba
Marc Ongley [1] 1952USA
Marc Regnier 19??USA
Marcin Dylla 1976Poland
Marco Pereira 1950Brazil
Margarita Escarpa 1964Spain
María Isabel Siewers 1950Argentina
Maria Kämmerling 1946Germany
Marko Topchii 1991Ukraine
Mårten Falk 1973Sweden
Martha Masters 1972USA
Mattias Schulstad 1984Sweden
Máximo Diego Pujol 1957Argentina
Michael Laucke 1947Canada
Michael Nicolella 1963USA
Michael Tröster 1956Germany
Milica Ilic 1981Australia
Milos Karadaglic 1983Montenegro
Monika Rost 1943Germany
Nicola Hall 1969United Kingdom
Nikita Koshkin 1956Russia
Norbert Kraft 1950Austria, Canada
Ólavur Jakobsen 1964Faroe Islands
Oliver Fartach-Naini 1964Germany
Pablo Márquez 1967Argentina
Patrick Kearney 1970Canada
Paul Galbraith 1964United Kingdom
Pavel Steidl 1961Czech Republic, Netherlands
Pepe Romero 1944Spain
Petar Čulić 1986Croatia
Petrit Ceku 1985Kosovo
Piotr Pakhomkin 1985Russia, USA
Rafael Andia 1942France
Rafael Serrallet 1971Spain
Reinbert Evers 1949Germany
Ricardo Gallén 1972Spain
Robert Phillips 1953USA
Roberto Fabbri 1964Italy
Roland Dyens 1955–2016France
Scott Tennant 1962USA
Sean Shibe 1992United Kingdom
Sergio Assad 1952Brazil
Sharon Isbin 1956USA
Simone Iannarelli 1970Italy
Slava Grigoryan 1976Australia
Stanley Yates 1958United Kingdom, USA
Stefano Grondona 1958Italy
Štěpán Rak 1945Czech Republic
Stephen Marchionda 1967USA, Spain
Su Meng 1988China
Thomas Müller-Pering 1958Germany
Tilman Hoppstock 1961Germany
Timo Korhonen 1964Finland
Tony Harmon 1958USA
Vladimir Gorbach 1981Russia
Wang Yameng 1981China
William Kanengiser 1959USA
Yang Xuefei 1977China
Yorgos Foudoulis 1964Greece
Zoran Dukic 1969Croatia
Miloš Karadaglić 1983Montenegro

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