Federico Bonacossa graduated from the University of Miami in 2009 where he completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Classical Guitar Performance with a Music Theory cognate. At the University of Miami, he studied guitar with Rene Gonzalez and Rafael Padron and took composition lessons with Lansing McLoskey, Dennis Kam, and Scott Stinson. Federico also holds a Masters degree in Guitar Performance from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland, where he studied with Julian Gray as well as a diploma from the Conservatorio Statale Pierluigi da Palestrina in Cagliari, Italy where he studied with Luigi Mazzullo. He has also studied privately with Kennesaw State Professor and GFA winner, Mary Akerman.