Andres Hidalgo Acuña Classical Guitarist and Computer Musician was born in Valdivia, Chile. He lived and studied in Mérida and Caracas, Venezuela; Hartford, Connecticut and Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He obtained undergraduate degree and postgraduate degree from prestigious Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. He studied Classical Guitar with Aldo Lagrutta, Leopoldo Igarza, Douglas Esteves, Leo Brouwer, Ray Chester, Julian Gray, Manuel Barrueco among others, and Jazz Guitar with Paul Bollenbach, Luis Fernando Cárdenas and Gary Thomas, among others. He has performed solo recitals in Venezuela, Argentina, Chile and the United States.

In addition to his love for the guitar, his passion for technology and computing motivated him to pursue post-graduate studies in Computer Music at the Peabody Computer Music Department of the Johns Hopkins University, where he studied under Dr. Greoffrey Wright, Dr. Greg Boyle and Dr. Ichiro Fujinaga.