Antigoni Goni
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Antigoni Goni is a Greek
guitarist
, recording artist, concertizer, and the founder and Chair of the Pre-College Division of the Guitar Department at the Juilliard School
She studied with Evangelos Assimakopoulos
at the National Conservatory of Athens, with John Mills at the Royal Academy of Music
in London
and extensively in master classes with Julian Bream
. She continued her studies with Sharon Isbin
at the Juilliard School
in New York
.
She has performed throughout the United States
, Japan
, Portugal
, France
, and other countries. Among the highlights of this past summer was a special concert with the Hannover Radio Orchestra at the famed Odeon of Herodes Atticus. Her career blossomed in the mid-1990s after winning the Guitar Foundation of America Competition, which resulted in some 65 concerts in North America and a contract with Naxos Records for which she has recorded three highly successful CDs.
Goni is a professor at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels
, and artist-in-residence for San Francisco Performances. She was Chairman of the Guitar Department at Juilliard Pre-College Division between 1995 and 2004, and she currently holds positions at Columbia University and the Royal Academy of Music in London, splitting her time between both coasts of the United States, Brussels and Athens.
Greece
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guitarist
Classical guitar
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, recording artist, concertizer, and the founder and Chair of the Pre-College Division of the Guitar Department at the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
She studied with Evangelos Assimakopoulos
Evangelos Assimakopoulos
Evangelos Assimakopoulos is a Greek classical guitarist and musical pedagogue. In 1965 he married guitarist Liza Zoe and together they established the guitar duo Evangelos & Liza.-Biography:...
at the National Conservatory of Athens, with John Mills at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
in London
London
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and extensively in master classes with Julian Bream
Julian Bream
Julian Bream, CBE is an English classical guitarist and lutenist and is one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century. He has also been successful in renewing popular interest in the Renaissance lute....
. She continued her studies with Sharon Isbin
Sharon Isbin
Sharon Isbin is a widely-recorded American classical guitarist, recording artist, concertizer, and the founder of the Guitar Department at the Juilliard School.-Early life and education:...
at the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
in New York
New York
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.
She has performed throughout the United States
United States
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, Japan
Japan
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, Portugal
Portugal
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, France
France
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, and other countries. Among the highlights of this past summer was a special concert with the Hannover Radio Orchestra at the famed Odeon of Herodes Atticus. Her career blossomed in the mid-1990s after winning the Guitar Foundation of America Competition, which resulted in some 65 concerts in North America and a contract with Naxos Records for which she has recorded three highly successful CDs.
Goni is a professor at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, and artist-in-residence for San Francisco Performances. She was Chairman of the Guitar Department at Juilliard Pre-College Division between 1995 and 2004, and she currently holds positions at Columbia University and the Royal Academy of Music in London, splitting her time between both coasts of the United States, Brussels and Athens.