Eleonora Perretta

Eleonora Perretta is an International Italian classical guitarist, recording artist and artistic researcher based in Brussels. In 2026, she was awarded a prestigious PhD Fellowship by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) to pursue her doctoral research at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), in collaboration with the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel (KCB).

Her doctoral project, Restaging Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935): Reception and Performance Practice of Choro for Guitar,investigates the music and legacy of Brazilian composer Chiquinha Gonzaga through an interdisciplinary approach combining historically informed performance and reception history, with critical perspectives on gender, race, class and cultural identity. 

She is affiliated with the Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings (CLIC) at VUB and the research group RES#19+ – Practice-Based Research on Long 19th-Century Music at KCB, part of Erasmushogeschool Brussel (EhB).

Alongside her academic work, Perretta maintains an international performing career across Europe, the Americas and Asia, with appearances at venues including the Vienna Musikverein and Tallinn Philharmonic Concert Hall. A EuroStrings Artist and prizewinner of numerous international competitions, she records for Naxos and Da Vinci Records. Her recent releases include Music Gardens of the World (Naxos, 2026), recorded with Antigoni Goni, alongside forthcoming solo recordings dedicated to South American repertoire.

Website: www.eleonoraperretta.com