Simone Stella


Simone Stella is an Italian harpsichordist, organist and composer.

Biography

He studied piano in Florence with Rosanita Racugno and Marco Vavolo, organ in Florence with Mariella Mochi and Alessandro Albenga, organ improvisation with Fausto Caporali and Stefano Rattini in Cremona, harpsichord in Rome with Francesco Cera and, in specializing master courses, with Ton Koopman, Matteo Imbruno, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Luca Scandali, Giancarlo Parodi, Stefano Innocenti, Klemens Schnorr, Ludger Lohmann, Michel Bouvard, Monika Henking, and Guy Bovet.

Career

After winning some major organ competitions in Italy, and the 1st Agati-Tronci International Organ Competition, he started an international career as concert soloist that brought him performing through Europe, U.S.A. and Brazil, where he also held some masterclasses.
In 2009, he started an intense activity as recording artist, producing various discs of harpsichord and organ music. Many of his recordings have been acclaimed by the international press.
As a composer, he published some of his works for the publisher Armelin of Padua.
Stella is a secular member of the Order of Servants of St. Mary in Florence, and is actually the titular organist of the historical instruments in the Church of Santissima Annunziata.

Recordings