Santa Barbara Chamber Players came into existence during the pandemic, when local professional musicians gathered to make music in their homes as live public performances were shut down. In January of this year, with help from the Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts, the Santa Barbara Foundation, the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation, and the Music Academy, the orchestra gave its first public performance, an unqualified success by any standard.

We recently had the chance to connect with Emmanuel Fratianni and have shared our conversation below.

Emmanuel, really appreciate you sharing your stories and insights with us. The world would have so much more understanding and empathy if we all were a bit more open about our stories and how they have helped shaped our journey and worldview. Let’s jump in with a fun one: What is something outside of work that is bringing you joy lately?

My life as an artist and musician, father, and business owner is all absorbing. Lately I found reprieve in photography.......

IL DIRETTORE D'ORCHESTRA

Un figlio di irpini, nato in Svizzera e trapiantato negli Stati Uniti da oltre trent'anni. Un direttore d'orchestra e compositore noto nel panorama internazionale che ancora oggi trova il modo di coltivare il suo legame con la terra natia dei suoi genitori.

Le Tour Bus se déplace au Verbier Festival, pour aller à la rencontre des personnes qui alimentent la scène musicale. Et ce soir nous recevons Florian Favre. 
Nous parlerons aussi avec Emmanuel Fratanni, chef d'orchestre, arrangeur, compositeur et pianiste qui nous parlera des liens entre la création de symphonie classique comme support de game play et de narration dans les jeu-vidéos

The classic orchestral tale of boy versus wolf is coming to the Covey Center for the Arts for one night only. The Utah Symphony brings “Peter and the Wolf Live!” to Provo on Friday night in a multimedia concert featuring the symphony and a live screening of the 2006 Oscar-winning animated short film of the tale.

Emmanuel Fratianni conducts the 70-piece Hollywood Scoring Orchestra at the preview opening ala of the new Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX on June 20.

In what marked possibly the first world premiere of a symphonic poem ever to take place at an airport, the Hollywood Scoring Orchestra provided a once-in-a-lifetime musical experience at Los Angeles International Airport with the debut of “Portale – A symphonic Poem”, especially composed by Emmanuel Fratianni and Laurie Robinson.

Bisaccia ha accolto e premiato uno dei suoi “figli” che piu le stanno offrendo lustro a livello internazionale, il celebre compositore Emmanuel Fratianni, che si è esibito e racontato nello splendido proscenio del Castello Ducale dell’antico e splendido paese dell’Alta Irpinia.

Just as video games have become more sophisticated and detailed, so has the music composed for video games, with lush orchestral scores written to fit an individual's gameplay. Correspondent Conor Knighton looks at how the field of video game music has exploded, featuring Emmanuel Fratianni and the Utah Symphony in concert.