Chris Moy (b. 1990) is an American classical and electric guitarist from the state of Maryland.
Christopher earned his Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance in Contemporary Music at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel, Switzerland, where he studied with trombonist and composer Michael Svoboda. He earned his Master of Arts in Guitar Performance and his Master of Advanced Studies in Contemporary Music Performance and Interpretation studying with professor Lorenzo Micheli at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland. He began his musical studies at the age of four with the violin at the Peabody Preparatory in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his early classical guitar training from Franco Platino at the Levine School of Music in Washington DC and from professor Julian Gray at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he earned a scholarship to complete his Bachelor of Music. He also studied jazz at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore with guitarist Paul Bollenback and saxophonist Gary Thomas.
Christopher has had the opportunity to work together with prominent composers and performers all over Europe as a classical and electric guitarist, vocalist, and improviser. Christopher is a member of “Zone Expérimentale,” a large contemporary music collective in Basel, plays in “Stop, Drop, and Roll,” a trio of modern theatrical music in Basel, and is the guitarist and singer of the jazz/rock quintet “The Sharp Shock,” based in Lugano.