Francesco Buzzurro plays Minor blues (Django Reinhardt)

Francesco Buzzurro’s lifelong privileged connection with guitar started at the tender age of six when his father gave him his first guitar, which will then lead him to study classical guitar. After earning his Diploma at “Conservatorio Scontrino“ in Trapani he perfected himself at the “Arts Academy“ in Rome under the guidance of big concert performers like David Russell, Alberto Ponce, Hopkinson Smith and John Duarte. After taking his Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures, he started an intense concert activity that brought him to travel all over the world: from America, to Mexico, to Germany, to Spain and Turkey. As a classical guitarist he won three national competitions and on top of his studies of classical music and of his passion for folk music, he soon develops an interest in jazz music, which bring him to graduate in Jazz Music with Honourable Mention. Thanks to a deep search about this specific genre of music, he finds his individual and unique style of improvisation, which show influences from