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.

Xuefei Yang performing in 2008.

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
  • 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
  • Ilse Alfonso (1929–2017), classical guitarist and educator

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
  • Margarete Buch (1914–2013), classical guitarist, arranger and music educator, member of the "Buch-Terzett" in Leipzig
  • 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
  • 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

Hungary
  • Krisztina Groß Dobó (born 1977), classical guitarist, was member of the female guitar quintet "Gitarrissima"

Italy
  • Rita Brondi (1889–1941), classical guitarist, lutenist, singer, composer, and music historian
  • Francesca Caccini (18 September 1587 – after 1641) was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, Guitarist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era.
  • Filomena Moretti (born 1973), guitarist, recording artist and broadcaster, performances throughout Europe
  • Teresa de Rogatis(1893 – 1979), Italian composer, guitarist, pianist and music teacher

Japan

Mexico
  • Zaira Meneses (born 1978), international concert classical guitarist and faculty at the New England Conservatory

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 (born 1964), classical guitarist specializing in Bach and chamber music recitals, educator
  • Renata Tarragó (1927–2005), Catalan classical guitarist, international performer and educator

United Kingdom
  • Nicola Hall (born 1969), award-winning guitarist who has recorded her own guitar transcriptions of classical works

United States
  • Lily Afshar (born 1950), Iranian-born American classical guitarist, recording artist 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
  • 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

Uruguay
  • Adriana Balboa (born 1966), classical guitarist, recording artist and educator, has lived since 1993 in Berlin

See also
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