Antigoni Goni (born 8 March 1969) is a

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, recording artist, and performer, who was the founder and Chair of the Pre-College Division of the Guitar Department at the

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Goni was born in

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, Greece, and studied with

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at the National Conservatory of Athens, with John Mills at the

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and extensively in master classes with

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. She continued her studies with

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at the

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. She has performed throughout the

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, and other countries. 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 released an additional solo album, ''Hymn to the Muse'', under Timespan Recordings in 2016. Goni is a professor at the Royal Conservatory in

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, 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. In 2007 Goni founde
The Volterra Project
a holistic guitar workshop held in

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each summer.

Discography

* ''Guitar Recital: Antigoni Goni'' (Naxos, 1997) * ''Barrios Mangore, A.: Guitar Music, Vol. 1 (Naxos, 2001)'' * ''DUARTE: Guitar Music'' (2001) * ''RODRIGO: Joaquin Rodrigo - A Portrait'' (Naxos Educational, 2008) ''compilation album'' * ''Hymn to the Muse'' (Timespan Recordings, 2016)

References

External links

Official websiteThe Volterra Project
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