Antigoni Goni

As a performing artist who has lived and worked in both the U.S. and in Europe, the Volterra Project’s Founder and Artistic Director, Antigoni Goni, has a long and in-depht experience with both the cultural differences between these societies, and with the universal climate of competition that exists in traditional guitar training programs. She enjoys a truly international career, performing extensively in Europe, Russian, North and South America and the Far East, both as a recitalist and soloist. more

Antigoni Goni performs and records exclusively on Galli Genius Strings.

Elena Papandreou

Elena Papandreou was born in Athens on 7 March 1966. She studied the guitar with Evangelos Boudounis (with whom she received her diploma in 1985 from the National Conservatory with the highest mark) and with Oscar Ghiglia. She also studied with Gordon Crosskey at the Royal Northern College of Music, England, on a British Council scholarship, obtaining the Diploma in Advanced Studies in Musical Performance (1986). more

Dayle Besler

Dayle Besler is a Classical Guitarist and Pianist calling Edmonton, Alberta, Canada her home. She was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, beginning piano lessons at four and a half years old. Music has always been a career goal for her, even from a very young age. For the past 25 years, Dayle has owned and directed Sonata Studio, through which she has seen 10 of her students win coveted Royal Conservatory Silver medals, awarded for achieving the highest examination mark in Classical Guitar in a calendar year in the Province of Alberta. more

Roland Fogel

Roland Fogel (Berlin, Germany) studied classical guitar and musicology at the Musikhochschule Köln/Aachen, student of Thomas Müller-Pering, additional classes with e. g. Käppel, Carlevaro, Kavanagh, Frauchi. Recitals in Europe and North America. Known as a leading expert in physiological and medical aspects of playing the guitar. Lectures and workshops at universities and conservatories about contemporary strategies of effortless playing the guitar. Prevention of musicians’ diseases, stage training. Director of studio for physiological techniques and rehabilitation of professional guitarists in Berlin, Germany.

Nick Cutroneo

nown for being a “communicative player with natural musicality,” Nick Cutroneo is an up and coming classical guitar of the new generation. As an active performer, Mr. Cutroneo has performed extensively throughout the New England area, New York, New Jersey and in Italy. Pervious concert seasons included performances at The Juilliard School of Music, The Hartt School, as a part of numerous concert series of churches in New Jersey, a duo performance and participation at a master class at Yale’s "Guitar Day" several Alumni events for the University of Hartford, in 2005 he was a part of a trio that performed for the Connecticut Guitar Society’s "Guitar Extravaganza Weekend" and a variety of other performances throughout the North East. more