Ahmet Kanneci was born in Turkey in 1957. He began his music (theory) studies with one of Turkey's leading composers, Turgay Erdener. After meeting Julian Byzantine in 1977, his interest turned totally to classical guitar performance. Following four years of study under Julian Byzantine, he was awarded a Spanish Government scholarship to study with Jose Tomas at the Conservatorio Superior de Oscar ESPLA in Alicante, and with Fransico Ortiz at the National COncervatoire in Perpignan. He has had the priviledge of playing for Alirio Diaz and Jorge Cardoso, receiving their critical acclaim. When he returned to his native country, he founded classical guitar departments in four different conservatories and universities. In 1993 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for research in the USA. In addition to his musical activities in Turkey, he has appeared in Asia, America, and Europe at music centers such as Carnegie-Weill Hall and Teatro Colon. Besides his solo guitar concerts he has given duo concerts with Victor Pikaizen (violin), Ayhan Erman (violin) , Dorothy Randolph (baroque violin), Sefika Kutluer (flute), Hiroki Terashima (guitar), Francisco Ortiz (guitar), and has been the soloist in guitar concertos with orchestra. Presently he is the chairman of the Guitar Department of Hacettepe University State Concervatory and Sevda Cenap And Music Foundation in Ankara. He concentrates on performing works which have been dedicated to him, and is conducting reserach into guitar music with distinguished Turkish guitarist Savas Cekirge. The following moden composers have written compositions dedicated to him: T. Erdener, F. Say, J. Cardoso, E. Bayraktar, H.E. Korkmaz, I. Taviloglu, M.A. Cherubito, and C. Padro.