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Mancuso was born in 1996 in
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Mancuso switches to using a free stroke with his index finger and middle finger to pick the strings like a classical guitar player, a finger-style right hand technique reminiscent of flamenco. He is considered a very talented guitarist and has been described as a
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Anaheim, California in 2019 and 2024. In 2019 he participated in the Asia International Guitar Festival in Bangkok, the Hard Rock Guitar Battle in Pattaya and the NAMM Musikmesse Russia, and held a series of guitar clinics in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Perm.
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hit 2.2 million views on YouTube. In the following year the trio has played at the Musika-Expo in Rome and at
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