Eleonora Perretta – Classical Guitarist
Eleonora Perretta is an Italian classical guitarist, born in Naples in 1995. She began studying the guitar at the age of six and quickly distinguished herself as an outstanding young talent.
At the age of fourteen, she won First Prize at the International Guitar Competition “Luigi Denza” in 2010. This early success marked the beginning of a series of awards at national and international guitar competitions. In 2016, she was awarded First Prize at the Eduguitar International Guitar Festival.
In 2018, Eleonora Perretta graduated summa cum laude from the Conservatory of Music “San Pietro a Majella” in Naples, where she studied with Vincenzo Amabile. She also pursued advanced studies with Aniello Desiderio at the Stefano Strata Academy in Pisa.
In 2020, she received the Special Edition Prize at the Koblenz International Guitar Competition and won First Prize at the Mottola Festival International Competition.
She is currently completing her Master’s degree with Aniello Desiderio at the Conservatorio di Musica “Domenico Cimarosa” in Avellino and continues her artistic development with Paolo Pegoraro at the Segovia Guitar Academy in Pordenone, Italy.
Eleonora Perretta is involved in several recording projects for DotGuitar Records. As a soloist, she is recording a collection of guitar sonatas and an album dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach. In duo with Lucio Matarazzo, she is preparing the first recording of music by Ida Presti for two guitars.
In parallel, the duo is working on the Perretta–Matarazzo Collection, featuring original compositions and transcriptions for two guitars, to be published by Ut Orpheus. The first volume of this series is dedicated to the Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti.
She completed that Master's degree in 2022 and is now pursuing a further Master's at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels under Antigoni Goni. She performs across Europe and records for DotGuitar Records.
Performing at Siccas Guitars
Every classical guitarist who performs at Siccas Guitars brings a distinct musical path to the instrument — shaped by years of study, competition experience, and the particular musical tradition they have chosen to inhabit. The classical guitar demands sustained technical commitment and a deep engagement with a repertoire that spans from the Renaissance through to works written for living performers. It is an instrument whose full possibilities only reveal themselves over time.
