Nick Cutroneo

At the age of 7, Nick took an interest in the guitar being influenced by his father, a guitarist himself, and started lessons.  By the time he entered high school, with over 5 years of playing experience, he was exposed to classical guitar music through a program in his home town.  After deciding early on to pursue his passion for music professionally, it was during his senior year of high school that he attended the Pre-College division at the Juilliard School of Music studying with world renowned guitarist Antigoni Goni.  He later attended the Hartt School of Music completing his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Classical Guitar Performance where he studied with guitar pedagogue Richard Provost.  During his time at Hartt, he was a member of the prestigious Performance 2020 honors program.  In addition, he won the Miami String Quartet Competition and was named finalist in the Hartt School’s Paranov Concerto Competition.  Additionally he was a semifinalist in the Boston GuitarFest Adult Competition.