Ben Gateno, a native of southern Minnesota, earned master’s and doctoral degrees in performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Following graduate school, he studied with renowned teacher and performer Antigoni Goni in Brussels, Belgium. Gateno enjoys presenting solo guitar programs with a special emphasis on classical, country blues, and ragtime. In 2020, he released "A Time When Things Were New," an album featuring solo guitar music from the 1920’s.

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