Awarded a visiting artist visa by the United States in 2000, Emmanuel Fratianni arrived in Los Angeles to become a sought after conductor, composer, pianist and music team member in the Hollywood film, television, music and video game industries as well as the concert world.

Emmanuel Fratianni is currently principal conductor of the sell out international concert tour “Video Games Live” created by video games music icon Tommy Tallarico.

Emmanuel Fratianni has led prestigious American ensembles such as the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Hall, the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony and Utah Symphony Orchestra among others, including multi-platinum producer ‘David Foster and Friends.’

Internationally, Emmanuel has guest conducted the Royal Scottish National Symphony, The Malaysian Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile and in Asia the Beijing Opera and Performing Art Orchestra to name a few and will make his debut In 2014 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony and in Europe with the Spanish National Symphony Orchestra.

An award-winning composer, his scores for video games have been performed by some of the finest and most recorded orchestras in the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. His latest multi media composition “Portale” for orchestra, children choir and international guest soloists was presented in June 2013 to the Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa during the official opening of the new Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX. The inaugural piece commissioned by Westfield Corporation was performed live inside the new terminal.

Emmanuel Fratianni’s debut on the Billboard Top-Ten in 2008 with EMI Classics Video Games Live, Vol.1 soundtrack album (as composer, conductor, orchestrator) cemented his status in the classical/crossover orchestral world. His numerous awards and credits as a composer and collaborator include “Soundtrack of the Year” by Play Magazine for the score to Advent Rising, one GANG (Game Audio Network Guild) Award and five GANG Nominations.

A member of the multiple Emmy-nominated music team for the CBS drama JAG for 5 seasons, Emmanuel made a home for himself beginning in 2002 on the major scoring stages in Los Angeles with the Hollywood Scoring Orchestra and the finest scoring musicians in the world. This invaluable experience in television and film scoring sessions is what Emmanuel credits as formidable preparation for meeting the demands of touring production timelines and the essential needs of economy of preparation, management of the diversity of guest artist specialties, and expertise in the sheer variety of musical genres.