Eleonora Perretta was born in Naples, Italy, in 1995 and began studying guitar at age six. At fourteen she won first prize at the International Guitar Competition “Luigi Denza” (2010), and in 2018 she graduated summa cum laude from the Conservatory of Music “San Pietro a Majella” in Naples, studying with Vincenzo Amabile, before pursuing advanced studies with Aniello Desiderio at the Stefano Strata Academy in Pisa. She completed a Master’s degree in 2022 and is currently pursuing further study at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels under Antigoni Goni.

Perretta has won first prize at the Eduguitar International Guitar Festival (2016) and the Mottola Festival International Competition (2020), along with a Special Edition Prize at the Koblenz International Guitar Competition. She has performed in major European venues including the Vienna Musikverein and the Tallinn Philharmonic, and is involved in recording projects for DotGuitar Records, including a planned world-premiere recording of Ida Presti’s music for two guitars in duo with Lucio Matarazzo.

Sources:

• https://www.siccasguitars.com/blogs/guitarists/eleonora-perretta
• https://www.eleonoraperretta.com/bio.html