Alice Artzt, whom Guitar International magazine has called "America's best player," made her concert debut in London in 1969. Since then critics in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas have unanimously praised her performances. She studied guitar with Julian Bream, Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya, and studied composition at Columbia University. She has made 14 albums and has written two books. She is known as an authority on the films of Charlie Chaplin, about whom she has written many articles. She has appeared on television and radio throughout the world. In the past several years, she has performed widely in Europe, North and South America, and Africa as a duo/trio with several other well-known guitarists (among them British guitarist Raymond Burley, Irish guitarist John Feeley, American guitarist Gregg Nestor, Swiss guitarists Michel Rutscho and Daniel Zimmermann, and New York-based trio members Paulo Martelli and Woodrow Park.