Alberto Ponce (born Alberto González Muñoz; 13 March 1935 – 26 July 2019) was a Spanish classical guitarist and teacher who from 1962 lived and taught in France. Biography Alberto Ponce's father was his first teacher. When he was a child he entered the Municipal Conservatory of Barcelona, Spain, where, in addition to guitar, he studied piano, harmony and chamber music. He left the Conservatory with a diploma and an Honorable Mention. The Catalan musicologist and scholar Emilio Pujol advised him to enter the Lisbon Conservatory. After three years of study Ponce perfected his technique with him at the Accademia Chigiana di Siena, where he increased his knowledge of the music of the Spanish Golden Age. In 1962, he won first prize for interpretation at the "Concours de Guitare" in Paris, organized by ORTF. In the same year Alfred Cortot, the director of the École Normale de Musique in Paris, asked him to teach there. There he had an unprecedented pedagogical career, having created one of the most prolific schools of contemporary guitar. For many years Alberto Ponce was one of the few guitarists to dedicate himself continuously to both early and contemporary music. He influenced numerous artists, including Maurice Ohana, Chayne, Dyens, Ravier, Antonio Ruiz-Pipo, and Yoram Zerbib. He also taught at the National Conservatory of Paris. Discography L'art de la guitare Si le jour paraît. Composer: Maurice Ohana (1913–1992); Orquesta Filarmonica del Prado; Daniel Chabrun, conductor Arion ARN 38 240 (1974). Students of Alberto Ponce who graduated from the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris / Alfred Cortot Diplôme de concertiste (Performer's Diploma) 1968 ‑ Richard Riera/ Leticia Alba 1969 ‑ Rafael Andia 1970 ‑ Geneviève Chanut /Jéromine Stefanaggi 1971 ‑ Arnaud Dumond 1972 ‑ Michel Coing 1973 ‑ Michelangelo Severi 1974 ‑ François Martin 1975 -------- 1976 ‑ Roland Dyens / Fumito Kurosaka/ Santiago Rebenaque 1977 ‑ Y. Iwanaga/ Luis Martin Diego/ Y. Sakaï 1978 ‑ Pascal Boels /Mike Dezavelle/ Maryvonne Landreau /Shinishi Fukuda 1979 ‑ Philippe Azoulay 1980 ‑ Marianne Renno / Eladio Scharron 1981 ‑ Jean Bruno Rasoloarison / Benoit Schlossberg/ Dominique Daigremont 1982 ‑ Catherine Fayance / Carlos Marin 1983 - Carles Trepat/ Sylvain Cinquini/ François Laurent 1984 ‑ François Moriconi 1985 ‑ Guido Fichtner/ Walter Zanetti/ Dominiqiie Barzyk/ Laurence Munsch 1986 ‑ Stephan Schmidt /Isabelle Etinger/ Jean‑Pierre Cuisinier 1987 ‑ José‑Manuel Lopez‑Mendez 1988 ‑ Murielle Geoffroy / Brigitte Weiss / Richard Montembault /