Claudio Pietronik is an Italian guitarist who plays as solo artist and with the band Ancient Bards.

​Ancient Bards has released three albums, The Alliance of the Kings, Soulles Child and A New Dawn Ending under the German Label LIMB MUSIC PRODUCTS, a worldwide distribution label that had in its roster artists like RHAPSODY, ADAGIO, LUCA TURILLI, MOB RULES, PAGAN’S MIND, ELDRITCH, BLACK MAJESTY, SYMPHONITY, ROXXCALIBUR, ILLUSION SUITE and many others.
With Ancient Bards he performed at several festivals like Wacken Open Air 2015, Made Of Metal, FMVF Female Metal Voices Fest, toured Europe and Japan.

Claudio is an esteemed teacher at MMI – Modern Music Institute, the biggest music Academy in Italy, founded by Alex Stornello, who recorded and played live with Allan Holdsworth, Frank Gambale, Scott Henderson and other great Jazz-Fusion artists.
Claudio is also part of the group of artists of the worldwide popular website Jamtrackcentral, that boasts the collaboration with some of the most important guitarists of the world, like Guthrie Govan, Kiko Loureiro, Jeff Loomis, Marco Sfogli, etc…

​In 2017 he released his Debut Album called "The Seed of Life" through the english label JTC Production.

Claudio is endorsed by Negrini Guitars - Liuteria GNG, Elixir Strings and Ninja Picks.

​In 2020 he released his second solo album called "Ad Astra".