Alumni

Born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Misael is one of the most outstanding Mexican guitarists of his generation. Misael has received 10 first places in international competitions and has performed as a soloist throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada and Europe...

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Ivar-Nicholas Fojas is based in Manila Philippines where he is a professor of guitar at the Philippine Women’s University School of Music where he mentors masters and doctoral level guitar students and teaches PhD courses in music.

Guitarist, composer, arranger, and conductor.  He began his studies at the age of three under the guidance of his father Roberto Guevara and later at the Colombian National Conservatory under the direction of Ramiro Isaza, Blas Emilio Atehortua, and Gustavo Yepes.

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Bin Hu was born in 1987 in Tianjin, China. He began classical guitar lessons at age 11 with Zhiwei Li, a pioneer and founder of the first classical guitar school in China.

The American guitarist Douglas James has appeared as a classical guitarist throughout the United States as well as in Europe and Mexico. Soundboard magazine has noted his performances to be filled with "appealing intensity and obvious enthusiasm." ...

Steven Jay Lerman is an award-winning classical guitarist from Southern California. Steven has won prizes in 20 internationally competitive guitar competitions...

Matt Palmer has appeared as a soloist throughout the United States, Europe, Mexico, Canada, South America, and the Caribbean.  A recent recipient of the “Up and Coming Guitarist of the Year” award by Guitar International Magazine, Matt...

José Luis Puerta received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in guitar with a minor in Ethnomusicology from the University of Arizona as well as a Master of Music, and a Bachelor's degree in guitar performance...

Renato Serrano has performed on important stages in more than ten countries in America and Europe, offering recitals and masterclass at festivals ...

Allying a profound classical music background to his natural involvement with popular music and the art of improvisation, Brazilian Aliéksey Vianna has been featured in prestigious music venues in over thirty countries throughout Europe,...

French guitar phenomenon Thomas Viloteau enjoys shaking things up. His approach to the instrument, its repertoire and its technique, has reshaped the term ‘classical’ guitar, into something new, alive and forward thinking....