Classical guitarist Diego Campagna began playing the guitar in Italy at the age of eight, and later studied at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg under Eliot Fisk. He performs extensively as a soloist in concert halls in Europe, North and South America, Asia, and South Africa. In June 2014, after concerts and workshops in Newport, Rhode Island, he received a Key to the City by the Mayor and June 22 was declared "Diego Campagna Day." In July 2015, he received honorary citizenship from the Mayor of Asunción, Paraguay, and in 2016 he was also given honorary citizenship by the Mayor of Badalucco, Italy.