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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 Frank Koonce has produced on this disc some of the most beautiful playing and refined sound I have heard recently, always supporting the narration of Don Doyle and both of them exploiting the delicate nuances of interplay between score and text. 
-- Andy Daly, Classical Music on the Web
 
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