Praised for his impressive technical mastery and high musical sensibility, Emanuele Buono (Turin, 1987) has established himself as one of the most acclaimed guitarists of his generation. At the age of only eighteen, he graduated from the Guiseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan with first class honours and later continued his studies at the Accademia Chigiana of Siena, where he was awarded a certificate of merit and a scholarship twice.

Emanuele’s journey into the international concert scene started with the XIII International Guitar Competition and Festival in Alessandria (Italy) in 2008, where he was awarded the Golden Guitar as the best young concert player of the year. In 2009, he won the Gold Medal at the prestigious International Christopher Parkening Competition (Malibu, USA) becoming the youngest winner in the competition’s history. He is winner of the 2^nd International Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini held in Basel (Switzerland, 2013) and many other important international guitar competitions, including Gargnano (Italy, 2008), Ruggero Chiesa of Camogli (Italy, 2008), Split (Croatia, 2009), Fernando Sor of Rome (Italy, 2010), Alhambra of Valencia (Spain, 2012), Gredos San Diego of Madrid (Spain, 2013), Maurizio Biasini of Basel (Switzerland, 2013), and Michele Pittaluga of Alessandria (Italy, 2013).

He made his début in the D’Addario Performance Series at the Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall (New York) in 2014, and has since performed in several major concert halls, including the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Manuel de Falla Hall in Madrid, the Hermitage Theatre in St. Petersburg, the Lysenko Hall in Kiev, the Stadtcasino in Basel, and  the International House of Music in Moscow.

His latest recording on Naxos was an American Record Guide’s Critic’s Choice Award winner.