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List of women classical guitarists

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Xuefei Yang performing in 2008.

The following is a list of women classical guitarists by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of classical music.

Argentina

Australia

  • Milica Davies (born 1981), Yugoslav-born Australian classical guitarist and recording artist, now based in London
  • Karin Schaupp (born 1972), German-Australian classical guitarist and actress, member of the Saffire quartet, recording artist

Austria

Canada

  • Liona Boyd (born 1949), British-born Canadian classical guitarist, recording artist and writer
  • Emily Alice Shaw (fl. 2000s), classical guitarist and educator
  • Laura Young (born 1962), international soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and educator

China

  • Chen Shanshan (born 1983), guitarist, sometimes performing with other female guitarists as one of the Four Angels
  • Li Jie (born 1981), classical guitarist performing with God's Favored Girls Super Trio and with the Four Angels quartet
  • Su Meng (born 1988), classical guitarist performing as a soloist and as one of the Four Angels female guitar quartet
  • Wang Yameng (born 1981), classical guitarist, performing with the Four Angels female guitar quartet
  • Xuefei Yang (born 1977), awarding-winning classical guitarist, international performer, recording artist

Cuba

France

  • Colette Mourey (born 1954), classical guitarist, music educator, musicologist and composer
  • Ida Presti (1924–1967), child prodigy, prominent classical guitarist and composer, duos with her husband Alexandre Lagoya
  • Gaëlle Solal (born 1978), international performer, chamber musician and educator

Germany

  • Maria Kämmerling (born 1946), specializing in contemporary classical guitar music, educator in Denmark
  • Heike Matthiesen (born 1964), international soloist and chamber musician, specializing in female composers
  • Monika Rost (born 1943), classical guitarist, lute player and musicologist

Greece

  • Antigoni Goni (born 1969), international performer and educator, now based in Brussels

Italy

  • Filomena Moretti (born 1973), guitarist, recording artist and broadcaster, performances throughout Europe
  • Francesca Caccini (18 September 1587 – after 1641) was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, Guitarist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era.
  • Teresa de Rogatis(1893 – 1979), Italian composer, guitarist, pianist and music teacher

Japan

Netherlands

Paraguay

  • Berta Rojas (born 1966), international performer, artistic director, broadcaster and recording artist

Russia

  • Anastasia Bardina (born 1962), virtuoso guitarist, also of seven- and twelve-string guitars
  • Irina Kulikova (born 1982), international soloist, now based in the Netherlands

South Korea

  • Kyuhee Park (born 1985), International concert classical guitarist

Spain

  • Laura Almerich (1940–2019), Catalan guitarist associated with the Nova Cançó movement
  • Margarita Escarpa (fl. 1990s), classical guitarist specializing in Bach and chamber music recitals, educator
  • Renata Tarragó (1927–2005), Catalan classical guitarist, international performer and educator

United Kingdom

  • Debra Adamson Brattland (M.MUS) (born 1969) well renowned classical guitarist, performed at major international guitar festivals in the UK and abroad.
  • Nicola Hall (fl. 1980s), award-winning guitarist who has recorded her own guitar transcriptions of classical works
  • Galina Vale (born 1980), Ukraine-born prodigy/virtuoso guitarist, recording artist; one very few women to cross-over the classical-flamenco genre

United States

  • Lily Afshar (born 1960), Iranian-American award-winning classical guitarist, recording artist
  • Muriel Anderson (born 1960), classical, fingerstyle and harp guitarist, composer and recording artist
  • Anisa Angarola (fl. 1980s), international performer, founder of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  • Alice Artzt (born 1943), international concert guitarist
  • AnnaMaria Cardinalli (born 1979), classical guitarist, operatic contralto, investigative researcher and educator
  • Charo (fl. 1963), Spanish-American guitarist, actress and broadcaster
  • Sharon Isbin (born 1956), prominent soloist with some 200 orchestras, recording artist and educator
  • Martha Masters (born 1972), classical guitarist, recording artist and educator
  • Vahdah Olcott-Bickford (1885–1980), founder of the American Guitar Society in Los Angeles, educator
  • Ana Vidović (born 1980), Croatian-American classical guitarist, child prodigy, recording artist

See also

To Be Added

Rosita Rodes (1906-1975)

Pepita Roca

Luisa M. de Roca

Matilde Cuervas

Nelly Ezcaray

Maria Angelica Funes

Blanca Prat

Maria Rita Brondi (1889 -1941)

Madeleine Cottin (1876 -after 1952)

Julie Fondard (ca.1819 -1864)

Madame De Goni (Madame Knoop)

Olga Coehlo

Consuelo Mallo Lopez

Maria Bello

Carmen Farre

Celia Rodrigues Boque

Maria Esperanza Pascual Navas

Irma Haydee Perazzo

Barbara Strozzi

Monina Tavora

Brigitte Zaczek