Christopher William Parkening (born December 14, 1947) is an American classical guitarist. He holds the Chair of Classical Guitar at Pepperdine University under the title Distinguished Professor of Music.
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Andrés Segovia Torres
Spanish classical guitarist
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Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
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Narciso Yepes
Spanish classical guitarist
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Isaac Stern
American musician
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Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
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Sérgio Assad
Brazilian composer, guitarist
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Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American violinist and conductor
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Carlos Bonell
English Classical guitarist of Spanish origin
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Rinaldo Alessandrini
Italian conductor and harpsichordist, fortepianist, and organist
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Joaquín Rodrigo
Spanish composer, best known for his Concierto de Aranjuez
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Paul Kuentz
French conductor
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Edgar Meyer
American musician and composer
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Gabriela Montero
Venezuelan musician
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Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
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Manuel Barrueco
Cuban musician
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Elmer Bernstein
American composer and conductor (1922-2004)
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René Jacobs
Belgian (Flemish) countertenor and conductor
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Garrick Ohlsson
American pianist
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Eliot Fisk
American musician
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Leonid Kogan
Soviet musician
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
Brazilian composer
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Alexandre Lagoya
French classical guitarist
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Yo-Yo Ma
American cellist
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Nathan Milstein
American musician
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Béla Fleck
American banjo player
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Thomas Quasthoff
German opera singer
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Trevor Pinnock
English harpsichordist and conductor
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Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist
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Shlomo Mintz
Israeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductor
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Anne Akiko Meyers
American concert violinist
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Anthony Pleeth
British musician
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Manuel Ponce
Mexican composer
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Dinu Lipatti
Pianist, Composer
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Mark O'Connor
American fiddle player
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Chris Thile
American musician and radio personality.
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Aniello Desiderio
Italian musician
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Christian Ferras
French musician
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Otto Klemperer
German conductor and composer