Emre Sabuncuoglu

Emre Sabuncuoglu is a Turkish classical guitarist, arranger, composer and mathematician.

Born in Ankara, Turkey, he attended Ankara Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi where took guitar lessons from Güneş Apaydın. During high school, he was accepted to Hacettepe University State Conservatory where he studied with the internationally acclaimed Turkish guitarist Ahmet Kanneci. He also studied music theory and composition with Kemal Çağlar.

Emre received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics at Middle East Technical University, specializing in universal algebra and lattice theory. From 1998 to 2000, he worked with the mathematician and composer Andreas Tiefenbach toward his Master of Science degree in mathematics. During this time, he taught mathematics as a departmental associate, and classical guitar at the METU Classical Guitar Society.

Emre holds a Master of Music degree, magna cum laude, from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he was a student of guitarist and composer David Leisner. He also studied composition with Michael Gandolfi.

In 2006, Emre completed his doctorate at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music.

Currently, he teaches at Los Angeles Guitar Academy.