Emmanuel Fratianni most recently appeared with the North Carolina Symphony for a Video Games Live concert in 2019.

Emmanuel Fratianni has conducted over 80 worldwide ensembles to date, including major ensembles such as the San Francisco Symphony, Boston Pops, Detroit, Houston, and Baltimore symphony orchestras, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Spanish and Czech National Symphony Orchestras, and the National Symphony Orchestra at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He recently completed his 15th year as principal conductor of Video Games Live and is principal conductor of the Santa Barbara Chamber Players. 

Born and raised in a large and lively Italian family on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, Fratianni began his classical music studies at the age of 7 and began performing publicly with his quartet at age 14. His extensive background as both a classical and jazz musician and a composer affords him as much ease leading a 120-piece orchestra as a jazz trio. 

Emmanuel  Fratianni is an Italian and US citizen, fluent in French, English and Italian. He lives with his family in Santa Barbara, California.