Emanuele Segre, the Italian guitarist, whom the Washington Post noted early on as “a musician of immense promise” in his American debut, performs internationally in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Salzburg, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Rome, Warsaw, Seoul, Tokyo, etc.
As a soloist, he performed with Yuri Bashmet and the soloists of Moscow, the English Chamber Orchestra directed by Salvatore Accardo, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the soloists of Zagreb, the Chamber Orchestra of European Community, the Slovak Chamber Orchestra and the Süddeutsches Kammerorchester. He also collaborated with the orchestra of the Teatro Alla Scala. His chamber music activities include performances in Duo with Patrick Gallois.
Participated in international festivals such as Marlboro Festival (USA), Bratislava Festival (Czechoslovakia), “Semaines Musicales de Tours”, “Festival de Radio France et Montpellier” (France), Bregenz Festival (Austria), the International Festival “Mito Settembremusica” and the “Settimane Musicali Internazionali di Stresa” (Italy).
Segre has won several contests, including East & West Artists Prize in New York in 1987, which allowed him to make his debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall and, in the same year, the Pro Musicis International Award in New York. In 1989 he was selected for the Rostrum International of Young Artists of UNESCO.
Jean Françaix dedicated his concert for guitar and orchestra A Segre, who later recorded for Wergo.
He recorded several other CDs with Delos, Claves, Amadeus and other record companies. Born in 1965, Segre studied with Ruggero Chiesa at the Milan Conservatory, and obtained his diploma with great distinction, “Summa cum laude”. He participated in the master classes of Julian Bream and John Williams, as well as studied composition and violin.