Walter ZANETTI was born in Trento and began playing the guitar at the age of ten with C.LUTZEMBERGER. He received his diploma from the conservatory in Bologna under the guidance of A.BORGHESE and De ROSE, finishing with the highest possible marks. In 1984 he joined Alberto PONCE's class at the "Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris", and received the "Diplome Supérieur de Concertiste",the highest award of this school, in 1986. He has won several of the most important international contests: "Ville de Carpentras" 1985, Bartoli award at Salon-de-Provence in 1987,"Pujol" contest in Sassari in 1988 and third prize and public award in Namur , Belgium, in 1988. He has toured Spain, France, Germany, Austria and Poland, performing in the most prestigious European Venues,among which the conservatory in Madrid, Salle Cortot in Paris, the Musikhalle in Amburgo.... He has recorded for some of the most important European broudcasting companies,among which Rai, National Radio of Spain, Belgian Radiotelevision and the polish television. He has performed as a solist with the Haydn orchestra of Bolzano, the Byzantine Accademy th K.Szymanowsky orchestra of Katovia and the Belgian National Orchestra with which he has recently recorded a cd of the Aranjuez concert by Rodrigo. He teaches at the C. Monteverdi conservatory in Bolzano.