As winner of the 2013 Guitar Foundation of America Competition and more than 20 other prestigious contests around the globe, Russian guitarist Anton Baranov has established himself as one of the leading guitarists of today.

His performances in a number of distinguished halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Palau de Musica in Valencia, Mariinsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, and Hakuju Hall in Tokyo have been described by musical critics as “pure magic” (Cleveland Classical), and “manages to paint beautiful sound pictures of rich depth and color with his guitar.” (The Guitar).

Baranov's recordings includes one album for Naxos Classical and a CD for Contrastes Records. He is an instructor at the Saint-Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory and has been a D' Addario artist since 2013. Baranov plays a Sakurai - Kohno guitar.