CHICAGO GUITAR FESTIVAL

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  • Artist and Judges
    • THOMAS VILOTEAU
    • DENIS AZABAGIC
    • Alvaro Toscano
    • FAREED HAQUE
    • GORAN IVANOVIC
    • ANN WALLER
    • NORM RUIZ
    • PAUL WERTICO
    • SCOTT MASON
    • NEAL ALGER
    • HENRY JOHNSON
    • JOHN MOULDER
    • NATHAN FISCHER
    • ZHIVKO NIKOLOV
    • KACEY ELLIS
    • MARISA SARDO
    • THOMAS AQUINO
  • Contact Info and Registration
  • CONCERT PROGRAMS
  • ACCOMODATIONS
  • RU Wifi Access
  • Technique Clinic
Guitarist Thomas Aquino is from Chicago, Illinois. During his youth, he studied with Jack Cecchini for 10 years. He was awarded the Barbara and David Jacobs Scholarship to attend the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as an undergraduate. Thomas has taken master classes with leading guitarists such as Christopher Parkening, Jorge Caballero and Adam Holzman. In 2018, he placed 2nd in the classical category of the Wilson Center Guitar Competition. In 2020, he won the Twisted Spruce Competition’s Performance Prize. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees in guitar performance from the Jacobs School of Music, studying with Maestro Ernesto Bitetti. His doctoral project analyzed the improvisational styles of Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery, and included four original works modeled after them.

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Guitar by Masters
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M. E. Brune,
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​Richard Larsen,
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Timothy Steis,
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Steven Walters,
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​6vibez Studio
  • Home
  • Schedule
  • Competition
  • Festival Ensemble
  • Artist and Judges
    • THOMAS VILOTEAU
    • DENIS AZABAGIC
    • Alvaro Toscano
    • FAREED HAQUE
    • GORAN IVANOVIC
    • ANN WALLER
    • NORM RUIZ
    • PAUL WERTICO
    • SCOTT MASON
    • NEAL ALGER
    • HENRY JOHNSON
    • JOHN MOULDER
    • NATHAN FISCHER
    • ZHIVKO NIKOLOV
    • KACEY ELLIS
    • MARISA SARDO
    • THOMAS AQUINO
  • Contact Info and Registration
  • CONCERT PROGRAMS
  • ACCOMODATIONS
  • RU Wifi Access
  • Technique Clinic