Alexandra Whittingham is a British classical guitarist who had her first guitar lesson at age eight. After seven years studying classical guitar, piano, jazz guitar and composition at Chetham’s School of Music, she won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, graduating with first class honours and the Timothy Gilson Guitar Prize in 2019. She later returned to the Royal Academy for a master’s degree, supported by the Hattori Foundation, Help Musicians UK and the Drake Calleja Trust.

Whittingham won the inaugural Edinburgh Guitar Competition in 2013 and was named Gregynog Young Guitarist of the Year in 2015. She began filming performances at age 16, building a YouTube following of over 200,000 subscribers and more than 56 million views. Signed to Delphian Records, she released her debut album “My European Journey” in 2021, which reached No. 1 on the iTunes Classical Chart.

Sources:

• https://www.siccasguitars.com/blogs/guitarists/alexandra-whittingham
• https://www.alexandrawhittingham.com/