Francesco Buzzurro has been playing guitar since the age of six and combines his passion for classical music with a deep research in the field of jazz, which led him to develop early on a particular way of improvising as a soloist.

Graduating in Classical Guitar, Foreign Languages and Jazz Music with 110 honorable mention cum laude, he joined the Sicilian Jazz Orchestra and shared the stage with sacred monsters of international jazz music including Phil Woods, Arturo Sandoval, Diane Shurr, Bireli Lagréne, Toots Thielemans, Bob Mintzer, Christian McBride Yamandù Costa and many others.

He collaborates with the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra and with some of the best-known exponents of Italian pop such as Antonella Ruggiero, Fabio Concato, and the late Lucio Dalla. He is the author of the soundtrack for "Io Ricordo," a docu-fiction about mafia victims by the Muccino brothers for which he was awarded by President Napolitano.

A borderline and out-of-the-box guitarist, he teaches unified seminars for the classical and jazz guitar departments at the University of Southern California USC in Los Angeles and has recorded numerous records under his own name in quartets and as a soloist, including the highly successful"The Explorer."

Awarded the title of Ambassador of Peace with Music by the Lions Delegate to the UN in 2009 in Minneapolis, he is also a professor of Jazz Guitar at the "Scarlatti" Conservatory of Palermo.

Francesco uses archtop nylon strings by Mirko Borghino and Savarez nylon strings.

He carries out an intense international concert activity and also holds master classes with strong student followings at Italian and foreign academies, music schools and universities.