Artist description Simone Stella, young pianist and composer from Florence. "... a very interesting performer of Bach keyboard music..."

Music Style Classical

Artist History Simone Stella, born in Florence in 1981, begins the study of the piano at the age of 8. At the age of 13 he comes admitted to the State Conservatory of Music " L. Cherubini " of Florence in the class of piano of Rosanita Racugno, with which he still continues the piano study. He participates subsequently to some master-classes of pianistic improvement held from the pianist Marco Vavolo. At the age of 14 he begins the study of the organ like self-taught, becoming after little titular of organ in the Church of S. Maria Maddalena de'Pazzi, where he still plays and gives concerts, in the church of the Corpus Domini for a short period, and in the church of S.Michele Visdomini, that he leaves in February 2000. He has collaborate, as organist, with the Polifonico Chorus of the CariCentro conducted by M° Fabio Del Cioppo. He has sing as tenor in the Vocal Quartet " Zefiro ", that he has left recently, founded together with Valentina Musto, Maureen Lourdes Galea and Anthony Bonello, under the guide of Mario Pazzaglia, teacher of Practices Chorales and conductor of chorus in the Conservatory of Florence. As tenor he collaborates with the Chorus of the Conservatory Cherubini. He has recently begun his activity of composer amateur,preferring the organ and piano composition. Currently he dedicates his studies to the deepening on the J.S.Bach's keyboard music. He's also a very appreciated poet, acclaimed in all the Italy

Instruments Piano, organ, composition

Albums SIMONE STELLA plays BACH vol. 1 - 2, STELLA plays CHOPIN

Press Reviews The famous internationally acclaimed concert pianist and composer Rami Bar-Niv said (commenting the Stella's performance of Allemande from Bach's French Suite II): "Excellent playing, I am very impressed. Clean, precise, not too dry, nice phrasing and sensitive. Great job."

Location Firenze, FI - Italy

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