Eleonora Perretta – Classical Guitarist
Described as a “young guitarist of extraordinary talent” and praised for her versatility, her immaculate sound and her technique, the Italian guitarist Eleonora Perretta has played in some of the most prestigious concert halls and festivals in Europe and America: the Vienna Musikverein, the Tallinn Philharmonic Concert Hall, the Marlow Guitar Series in Washington, D.C. and the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society. A recording artist for Naxos Records and Da Vinci Records, she most recently toured eight cities in China.
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Naples, and the years that built the player
Born in Naples in 1995, she began the guitar at six. At fourteen she took first prize at the International Guitar Competition “Luigi Denza”, the first in a long run of competition results; first prize at the Eduguitar International Guitar Festival followed in 2016, the Special Edition Prize at the Koblenz International Guitar Competition and first prize at the Mottola Festival in 2020.
In 2018 she graduated summa cum laude from the Conservatory “San Pietro a Majella” in Naples with Vincenzo Amabile, then studied with Aniello Desiderio, first at the Stefano Strata Academy in Pisa and then at the Conservatorio “Domenico Cimarosa” in Avellino, where she completed her master’s degree. Further work followed with Paolo Pegoraro at the Segovia Guitar Academy in Pordenone and with Antigoni Goni in Brussels. Winning top prizes at several international competitions made her a EuroStrings Artist, which took her on a European tour across six countries.
Recordings
Her duo album Music Gardens of the World, recorded with Antigoni Goni and released by Naxos Records in May 2026, brings together original works and arrangements by Dušan Bogdanović drawn from musical traditions around the world. The composer himself called the record “splendid and glorious”.
Three more are on the way: a solo album for Da Vinci Records devoted to South American music, and two solo albums for Naxos – the complete guitar works of Ernesto Nazareth and of Chiquinha Gonzaga. Recording the complete guitar works of two Brazilian composers is the kind of project that fills a gap rather than adding another version to a crowded shelf.
Teaching and research in Brussels
She is an active researcher and professor assistant to Antigoni Goni at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, where she belongs to the research group Res#19+. Artistic research of that kind sits between the practice room and the library: the questions are asked by a player, and the answers are tested by playing.
More on her own site, eleonoraperretta.com.
Performing at Siccas Guitars
She has recorded with us many times. Her Scarlatti in particular has found a large audience – the Sonata K. 213 on a 1924 Richard Jacob Weissgerber is among the most watched guitar videos on our channel.
And a full concert programme, from Malats and de la Maza to Bach and Sor:
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