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List of women classical guitarists

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
  • Isolde Schaupp (1945–2003), German-Australian classical guitarist, educator, author of two guitar methods
  • Karin Schaupp (born 1972), German-Australian classical guitarist and actress, member of the Saffire quartet, recording artist

Austria

  • Caroline Auer (born 1978), classical guitarist, was member of the female guitar quintet "Gitarrissima"
  • Marga Bäuml (1916–2004), classical guitarist, gave concerts as a soloist and in a duo with her husband Walter Klasinc (violin)
  • Johanna Beisteiner (born 1976), international soloist
  • Maria Benischek (born 1976), classical guitarist, was member of the female guitar quintet "Gitarrissima"
  • Luise Walker (1910–1998), prominent classical guitarist and composer

Belgium

Brazil

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

Croatia

  • Ana Vidović (born 1980), classical guitarist, international performer, and educator

Cuba

  • Marta Cuervo (um 1930–2011), prominent Cuban classical guitarist and educator
  • Clara (Cuqui) Nicola (1926–2017), prominent classical Cuban guitarist and educator
  • Clara Romero de Nicola (1888–1951), prominent Cuban classical guitarist and educator

France

  • Tania Chagnot (born 1962), classical guitarist and music educator
  • Madeleine Cottin (1876–1966), classical guitarist, mandolinist, composer and music educator, sister of Alfred Cottin and Jules Cottin
  • 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
  • Jeanne Ricada-Mathorez (1887–1980), classical guitarist, mandolinist, conductor, arranger, and music educator
  • Gaëlle Solal (born 1978), international performer, chamber musician, and educator

Germany

  • Margarete Buch (1914–2013), classical guitarist, arranger and music educator, member of the "Buch-Terzett" in Leipzig
  • Annette Degenhardt (1965–2022), classical guitarist, recording artist, music educator, lived in Ireland
  • Ida Faber-Gille (1910–2003), classical guitarist and music educator
  • Else Goguel (1924–2017), classical guitarist and music educator, member of the "Buch-Terzett" in Leipzig and the "Gitarrenensemble Bruno Henze" in Berlin
  • Maria Kämmerling (born 1946), specializing in contemporary classical guitar music, educator in Denmark
  • Ursula Kurze (born 1963), classical guitarist, singer, composer and music educator, now based in Dresden
  • Heike Matthiesen (1964–2023), international soloist and chamber musician, specializing in female composers
  • Giulia Pelzer (1837–1938), classical guitarist, sister of Catharina Pratten
  • Catharina Pratten (1824–1895), classical guitarist, sister of Giulia Pelzer, has lived in London since 1829
  • Barbara Richter-Rumstig (born 1940), classical guitarist, also as Duo with her husband Dieter Rumstig, recording artist and educator
  • Monika Rost (born 1943), classical guitarist, lute player, musicologist, Professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar
  • Evelyne Schönfeld (born 1938), classical guitarist and educator
  • Inge Wilczok-Stahl (born 1944), classical guitarist, Professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin

Greece

  • Antigoni Goni (born 1969), international performer and educator, now based in Brussels
  • Liza Zoi (born 1940), classical guitarist (also Duo with her husband Evangelos Assimakopoulos) and educator

Hungary

Italy

  • Simona Boni (born 1975), classical guitarist, musicologist, and author
  • Rita Brondi (1889–1941), classical guitarist, lutenist, singer, composer, and music historian
  • Francesca Caccini (1587 – after 1641) was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, Guitarist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era.
  • Carmen Lenzi Mozzani (1923–1969), classical guitarist, composer, and educator, granddaughter of Luigi Mozzani
  • Carla Minen (1950–1996), classical guitarist
  • Filomena Moretti (born 1973), classical guitarist, recording artist and broadcaster, performances throughout Europe
  • Teresa de Rogatis (1893 – 1979), classical guitarist, pianist, composer, and music teacher
  • Sara Stegani (1913–1950), classical guitarist
  • Regina Strinasacchi (1761 – 1839), classical guitarist, violinist, and composer
  • Eli Tagore (1930 – 2015), classical guitarist and educator, grandniece of Rabindranath Tagore
  • Marina Tomei (born around 1988), international concert classical guitarist

Japan

  • Keiko Fujiie (born 1963), guitarist and composer
  • Ako Ito (born 1942), classical guitarist, also Duo with her husband Henri Dorigny (1939–2022), and educator
  • Kaori Muraji (born 1978), classical guitarist and recording artist
  • Kanahi Yamashita (born 1997), classical guitarist and recording artist
  • Naoko Yamashita (born 1961), classical guitarist and recording artist

Mexico

Netherlands

  • Olga Franssen (born 1954), classical guitarist and educator, member of the Amsterdam Guitar Trio
  • Nelly de Hilster (1940–2017), classical guitarist and educatorâÂ
  • Annette Kruisbrink (born 1958), classical guitarist and composer

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

Serbia

South Korea

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

Spain

Switzerland

  • Deborah Mariotti (born 1959), classical guitarist, recording artist, and educator

United Kingdom

  • Rose Andresier (born 1942), classical guitarist and educator
  • Nicola Hall (born 1969), award-winning guitarist who has recorded her own guitar transcriptions of classical works
  • Victoria Kingsley (1900–2000), classical guitarist, toured the world singing to the accompaniment of her guitar
  • Alexandra Whittingham (* 1997), classical guitarist and educator

United States

  • Lily Afshar (born 1950), Iranian-born American classical guitarist, recording artist, and educator
  • Mary Akerman (born 1956), classical guitarist and educator
  • Muriel Anderson (born 1960), classical, fingerstyle and harp guitarist, composer, and recording artist
  • Anisa Angarola (born 1953), 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
  • Chaconne Klaverenga (born 1992), international classical guitarist, recording artist
  • 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
  • Gohar Vardanyan, classical guitarist, recording artist, and educator
  • Ana Vidović (born 1980), Croatian-American classical guitarist, child prodigy, recording artist

Uruguay

  • Adriana Balboa (born 1966), classical guitarist, recording artist and educator, has lived since 1993 in Berlin
  • Olga Pierri (1914–2016), classical guitarist and educator. She is the aunt of Alvaro Pierri.

See also