Michael Chapdelaine

Michael Chapdelaine was a renowned American classical and fingerstyle guitarist. He is the only guitarist to ever win First Prize in the world's top competitions in both the Classical and Fingerstyle genres. He won the first Guitar Foundation of America International Classical Guitar Competition in 1982 and the National Fingerstyle Championships at the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield, Kansas in 1998. His performances, played on both steel string and nylon string guitars, included musical styles ranging from blues, to baroque, to country, to rhythm 'n' blues.