Emanuele Buono has established himself as one of the most active guitarists of his generation. Born in Turin, he began to study the classical guitar when he was very young. In 2005, at just 18 years of age, he received a first class honors degree from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. He continued his studies at the Francisco Tarrega Academy in Pordenone earning a master’s degree under the guidance of Stefano Viola and Paolo Pegoraro. Every year since 2007, he has attended international master classes given by Oscar Ghiglia at the Academia Musicale Chigiana di Siena, where he was twice awarded a certificate of merit and a scholarship. On September 27, 2008, at the XIII International Guitar Meeting of Alessandria, Buono was honored with the La Chitarra d’Oro award as best young concert performer of the year. He is the winner of the 2nd International Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini held in Basel Switzerland, 2013) and of several other important international guitar competitions: Gargnano (Italy, 2008), Ruggero Chiesa of Camogli (Italy, 2008), Split (Croatia, 2009), gold medalist at the prestigious Parkening in Malibu (USA, 2009), Città di Seveso (Italy, 2010), Fernando Sor of Rome (Italy, 2010), Agustín Barrios of Nuoro Italy, 2012), Gredos San Diego of Madrid (Spain, 2013), and Michele Pittaluga, Alessandria (Italy, 2013).
Emanuele Buono has recorded for several labels and has been invited to debut in many prestigious concerts halls such as the de Falla Hall in Madrid, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Hermitage Theatre in St. Petersburg, and the Lysenko Hall in Kiev.
