Guitarist Stephanie Jones started learning the guitar when she was 11 at Wembley Primary School in Perth, Australia.
In 2010, Stephanie was awarded the Royal Schools Anniversary Scholarship and started her studies at the Australian National University under the guidance of Timothy Kain. She graduated with First Class Honors in 2014.
In the meantime she was also studying the guitar with Minh Le Hoang, and in 2012 won second prize in the prestigious Adelaide International Classical Guitar Competition.
In 2014 Stephanie won the National Fine Music Network Young Virtuoso Award, a national competition that attracts the finest young musical talent from across Australia. Same year she was a finalist in the Salzburg International Guitar Festival and in 2017 she won first place in the Hannabach Guitar Competition.
Here she is now in music by Astor Piazzolla:
