Bozeman Magazine

Universally praised for her profound artistic sensitivity, her exquisite sound and unmatched palette of colors and dynamics, the Greek guitarist Antigoni Goni is internationally acclaimed as a true ambassador of the guitar.As a child in the 1970s, Antigoni Goni was exposed to the resistance music by Mikis Theodorakis. She fell in love with the colors, rhythms, and pathos of this music and, at the age of 10, began studying guitar; a decade later she left Greece to continue her studies at the Royal Academy in London.Her solo career took off after being personally chosen by guitar legend Julian Bream as the 1990 winner of the prestigious Julian Bream prize, which she received from the hands of Lady Diana. In 1991 she moved to the United States where she completed her Master’s Degree with the highest distinction at The Juilliard School in New York City.Antigoni Goni has performed virtually everywhere, from Covent Garden in London to the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow to Carnegie Hall in New York. She was the first Greek musician to win first prize in the Guitar Foundation of America Competition. Since 2005, Antigoni Goni has been Professor of Guitar at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels and a member of its Artistic Committee. In April 2015, the Royal Conservatory named her “Professor of the Year,” making her the youngest professor ever presented with the “Madame de la Hault” prize, awarded by the Brussels Royal Conservatory’s “Patrimonium”.