Maya Lončar is a competition-winning Croatian-American guitarist who performs with a passion and energy that commands attention on any stage. She began her studies at the age of six with her father and has since been invited as a guest artist for multiple concerts and festivals throughout Europe and America such as the Appalachian State University Guitar Festival, the George Eastman House Series, Rochester’s WXXI – Classical 91.5 radio station, the Međunarodna Ljetna Škola Gitare in Karlovac, Croatia, the Classical Guitar Society of Upstate New York, and the online series Women of Guitar. She has performed as a guitarist and a violinist in a multitude of prestigious venues including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Music Center at Strathmore, the National Institute of Health, and the Croatian Embassy. Under her belt are also a variety of top prizes and awards from competitions like the Appalachian State Guitar Festival Competition, the Charlottesville Guitar Festival Competition, and the Southern Guitar Festival Competition.
Most recently, Maya completed her Doctor of Musical Arts at the prestigious Eastman School of Music with Nicholas Goluses in Rochester, NY where she was awarded the Performance Certificate in recognition for demonstrating outstanding performance ability. Now, Maya is an active teacher and advocate of music in her community of Loudoun County, VA. She teaches guitar and orchestra at Riverside High School in Leesburg, VA. She is a board member of Aguado Guitar Concerts, a charity organization dedicated to enriching the Loudoun community through classical guitar performances and educational events. Her past teachers include Julian Gray at the Shenandoah Conservatory, and her father, Miroslav Lončar.