Frank Koonce, Guitarist

In 2026, Frank Koonce was inducted into the Guitar Foundation of America Hall of Fame during the GFA International Convention in Denver, in recognition of his longstanding contributions to the classical guitar community.

Guitarist Frank Koonce is acclaimed as a performer, teacher, and writer. His creative work includes an authoritative guitar edition of Bach's solo lute works and the world-premiere recording in English of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's "Platero and I" for narrator and guitar. Mr. Koonce directed the guitar program at Arizona State University from 1978-2018.

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Koonce immediately assures the listener . . . that he is a player of refined and well developed tone and clean technique. . . . an ideal performance. . . . I admire the professionalism which has created the necessary sense of easiness about the performance.

-- Chris Kilvington, Classical Guitar

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