List of women classical guitarists

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

• María Luisa Anido (1907–1996), classical guitarist and composer
• Delia Estrada (born 1957), classical guitarist, educator, author of guitar method, has lived since 1977 in Paris
• Celia Salomón de Font (about 1908–2002), classical guitarist and educator
• María Isabel Siewers (born 1950), international performer and soloist, educator

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

• Ilse Alfonso (1929–2017), classical guitarist and educator
• Raphaella Smits (born 1957), classical guitarist and educator

Brazil

• Olga Praguer Coelho (1909–2008), classical guitarist and folk singer
• Maria Lívia São Marcos (born 1942), classical guitarist, international performer, 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

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

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

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

• Zaira Meneses (born 1978), international concert classical guitarist and faculty at the New England Conservatory
• Corazón Otero (1944–2013), classical guitarist and author

Netherlands

• Olga Franssen (born 1954), classical guitarist and educator, member of the Amsterdam Guitar Trio
• Nelly de Hilster (1940–2017), classical guitarist and educator⁠
• 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

• Sabrina Vlaškalić (1989–2019), concert classical guitarist and educator, died in a traffic accident in Groningen

South Korea

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

Spain

• Laura Almerich (1940–2019), Catalan guitarist associated with the Nova Cançó movement
• Emilia Corral Sancho (born 1935), classical guitarist, third wife of Andrés Segovia
• Matilde Cuervas (1888–1956), classical and flamenco guitarist and educator, first wife of Emilio Pujol
• Margarita Escarpa (born 1935), classical guitarist specializing in Bach and chamber music recitals, educator
• Rosa Gil Bosque (born 1930), classical guitarist and educator
• Carmen Marina (born 1936), classical guitarist and educator
• Josefina Robledo (1897–1972), classical guitarist and educator
• Pepita Roca (1897–1956), classical guitarist and educator
• Mariángeles Sánchez Benimeli (1943–2014) classical guitarist, educator and composer
• Renata Tarragó (1927–2005), Catalan classical guitarist, international performer, and educator

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

• Lists of women in music
• Women in classical music