Marco Tamayo was born in La Havana, Cuba where he started playing the guitar at the age of three with his father. He studied with Antonio Alberto Rodríguez and Leo Brouwer, Harold Gramatges, and later...

Ricardo Cobo was born in the City of Cali, Colombia. He is widely regarded as one of the leading virtuosos of the new Classic Guitar generation. Born in a family of musicians he was obviously introduc...

Marco Socias was born in Málaga, Spain, in a family of musicians. He started his guitar studies there. He continued them at the Cologne Musikhochscule in Germany. Some of the most significant persons ...

Alvaro Pierri was born 1952 in Montevideo, Uruguay, in a family of musicians. He received his early musical education from his mother, Ada Estades, on the paino and his aunt, Olga Pierri, on the guita...

Composer, guitarist and poet Celedonio Romero was born on March 2, 1913 in Cienfuegos, Cuba while his father, an architect from Málaga, was constructing the Concert Hall in Cienfuegos. At a very you...

Pepe Romero was born on the 8th of March, 1944, in Malaga, Spain and is the second son of "The Royal Family of the Guitar", The Romeros. His father, Celedonio Romero was his only guitar teacher. His...

Andrés Segovia was born in 1893 in Linares, Spain. He was one of the most important for the classical guitar in the beginning and mid 20th century. He is considered to be the father of the modern clas...

Sylvain Luc was born in 1965 in Bayonne, in the French Basque Country. Surrounded by the inspiring atmosphere of his eagerly music practicing brothers, he chose the guitar as his instrument at the age...

Joe Pass was born in 1929 in New Jersey, U.S.A. He grew up in Pennsylvania into a non-musical family. He started playing the guitar after he was inspired by actor Gene Autry’s portrayal of a guitar pl...

Enno Voorhorst was born in 1962 in The Hague, Holland. Born in a family of musicians, he received his musical education from Hein Sanderink. He continued his studies with Hubert Käppel and with David ...

Zoran Dukić was born in 1969 in Zagreb, Croatia. He started to play the guitar at the early age of six. He attended the courses of the Music Academy of Zagreb where he studied with Darko Petrinj...

Sean Paiman Samimi completed his undergraduate studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Jason Vieaux and John Holmquist. A native of Iran, he started piano studies at the age 9. At age 16 his ...