It started with a classical guitar. Davide Pannozzo was six years old when his hands first found the fretboard — not by accident, but by something closer to necessity. He went on to graduate from the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, training in a tradition that demands precision, patience, and reverence for the instrument.

Then he discovered the blues.

What happened next was the collision of two worlds — the discipline of classical training meeting the raw, emotional freedom of blues and jazz — and that tension became Davide’s sound. A sound so distinctive that Will Lee (Late Show with David Letterman, The Brecker Brothers) said: “There are very few artists these days that can inspire and are filled with inspiration and great ideas; Davide Pannozzo is one of them. When you first hear his music, you know something special is going on…”

From the stages of Ronnie Scott’s in London to The Bitter End in New York, from IBC in Memphis to the Taubertal Festival in Frankfurt, Davide has spent two decades performing alongside some of the most respected musicians alive — George Benson, Robben Ford, Steve Jordan, Will Lee, Ricky Peterson. His album Unconditional Love — produced by Steve Jordan and Will Lee — landed on SiriusXM and the US Top 50 Jazz Blues Album Radio chart. His single Be Blessed was picked up by Spotify editorial playlists across four continents.

But the music was never just about the stage.

Davide believes that the blues is a language — one that anyone can learn to speak with authenticity and soul. That belief led him to found GUITARlab, an online academy dedicated to the Modern Blues Guitar, where he works with guitarists from around the world to help them find their own voice on the instrument.

Whether you’re here for the music or the learning — welcome. There’s room for both.