Past Winners

Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition Winners

Year Winner Location
'09 Florian Larousse (France) Ithaca, New York
'08 Gabriel Bianco (France) San Francisco, California, USA
'07 Marcin Dylla (Poland) Los Angeles, California, USA
'06 Thomas Viloteau (France) Columbus, Georgia, USA
'05 Jerome Ducharme (Canada) Oberlin, Ohio, USA
'04 Goran Krivokapić (Montenegro) Montreal, Canada
'03 Jérémy Jouve (France) Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
'02 Dimitri Illarionov (Russia) Miami, Florida, USA
'01 Johan Fostier (Belgium) La Jolla, California, USA
'00 Martha Masters (USA) San Antonio, Texas, USA
'99 Lorenzo Micheli (Italy) Charleston, South Carolina, USA
'98 Denis Azabagic (Bosnia) Montreal, Canada
'97 Judicael Perroy (France) La Jolla, California, USA
'96 Fabio Zanon (Brazil) St. Louis, Missouri, USA
'95 Antigoni Goni (Greece) Northridge, California, USA
'94 Margarita Escarpa (Spain) Quebec, Canada
'93 Kevin Gallagher (USA) Buffalo, New York, USA
'92 Jason Vieaux (USA) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
'91 Alexei Zimakov (Russia) Miami, Florida, USA
'90 Joseph Hagedorn (USA) Pasadena, California, USA
'89 Marc Teicholz (USA) Lubbock, Texas, USA
'88 Olivier Chassain (France) Akron, Ohio, USA
'87 Ricardo Cobo (Colombia) Tempe, Arizona, USA
'86 Peter Clemente (USA) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
'85 Mary Akerman (USA) Fullerton
'83 Adam Holzman (USA) Quebec, Canada
'82 Michael Chapdelaine (USA) Denver, Colorado, USA

Guitar Foundation of America International Duo Competition Winners

Year Winner Competition Location
'85 Douglas Rubio and
Paul Rosandich (USA)
Fullerton, California, USA

Guitar Foundation of America International Youth Competition Winners

Year Winner Competition Location
'09 Senior Division: Yunxiang Fan (China) Ithaca, New York
'09 Junior Division: Yossi Kohrman-Glaser (USA) Ithaca, New York
'08 Senior Division:Molly Manarchy (USA) San Francisco, California, USA
'08 Junior Division:  Saki Kato (Japan) San Francisco, California, USA
'07 Senior Division: Mircea Gogoncea (Romania) Los Angeles, California, USA
'07 Junior Division: Byun Bok Yung (China) Los Angeles, California, USA
'06 Thales Smith (USA) Columbus, Georgia, USA
'05 Travis Johnson (USA) Oberlin, Ohio, USA