When he was a child he entered the Municipal Conservatory of Barcelona, Spain, where, in addition to guitar, he studied piano, harmony and chamber music.
After three years of study Ponce perfected his technique with him at the Accademia Chigiana di Siena, where he increased his knowledge of the music of the Spanish Golden Age.
He influenced numerous artists, including Maurice Ohana, Chayne, Dyens,[6] Ravier, Antonio Ruiz-Pipo, and Yoram Zerbib.
Students of Alberto Ponce who graduated from the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris / Alfred Cortot Diplôme de concertiste (Performer's Diploma) 1968 ‑ Richard Riera/ Leticia Alba 1969 ‑ Rafael Andia 1970 ‑ Geneviève Chanut /Jéromine Stefanaggi 1971 ‑ Arnaud Dumond 1972 ‑ Michel Coing 1973 ‑ Michelangelo Severi 1974 ‑ François Martin 1975 -------- 1976 ‑ Roland Dyens / Fumito Kurosaka/ Santiago Rebenaque 1977 ‑ Y. Iwanaga/ Luis Martin Diego/ Y. Sakaï 1978 ‑ Pascal Boels /Mike Dezavelle/ Maryvonne Landreau /Shinishi Fukuda 1979 ‑ Philippe Azoulay 1980 ‑ Marianne Renno / Eladio Scharron 1981 ‑ Jean Bruno Rasoloarison / Benoit Schlossberg/ Dominique Daigremont 1982 ‑ Catherine Fayance / Carlos Marin 1983 - Carles Trepat/ Sylvain Cinquini/ François Laurent 1984 ‑ François Moriconi 1985 ‑ Guido Fichtner/ Walter Zanetti/ Dominiqiie Barzyk/ Laurence Munsch 1986 ‑ Stephan Schmidt /Isabelle Etinger/ Jean‑Pierre Cuisinier 1987 ‑ José‑Manuel Lopez‑Mendez 1988 ‑ Murielle Geoffroy / Brigitte Weiss / Richard Montembault / Monica Paolini 1989 ‑ Jérôme Guillien/ Sandro Torlontano/ Roland Ulrich 1990 -------- 1991 ‑ Giorgio Albiani / Corinne Freyvogel/ Andréa Gasperi /Yoran Zerbib 1992 ‑ Alberto Vingiano /Roberto Spano/ Adriano Rullo / Marylise Florid.
Diplôme supérieur de concertiste (Advanced Performer's Diploma) 1980 ‑ Jean‑Marc Ankri 1981 ‑ Eladio Scharron 1982 ‑ Dominique Daigremont 1983 ‑ Jean Bruno Rasoloarison 1984 ‑ Claudio Marcottulli/ Tania Chagniot 1985-------- 1986 ‑ Walter Zanetti/ / Guido Fichtner/ François Laurent 1987 ‑ Stephan Schmidt 1988 ‑ 1989 ‑ Brigitte Weiss / José‑Manuel Lopez‑Mendez