Simone Stella (born 1981 in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

, Italy) is an Italian

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and producer.

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 Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman (; born 2 October 1944), known professionally as Ton Koopman, is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orches ...

, Matteo Imbruno, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Luca Scandali, Giancarlo Parodi, Stefano Innocenti, Klemens Schnorr,

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, Monika Henking, and

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Career

After winning some major organ competitions in Italy (the 2nd and 3rd ''Alessandro Esposito'' Youth Organ Competitions (

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, 2004–05), and the 1st ''Agati-Tronci'' International Organ Competition (

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, 2008, the president of the jury was

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), 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 (Musica, Diapason, BBC Music Magazine, Klassik.com, Fanfare among others). 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, and since 2011 is the titular organist of the historical instruments in the Church of

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Recordings

* 2009:

Georg Friedrich Händel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training ...

, ''Suites for harpsichord, book 1'', 2 CD,

OnClassical OnClassical is an Italian independent record label. It features classical music mostly for single instrument or chamber ensemble. History Founded in April 2003 by Alessandro Simonetto, harpsichordist, producer and sound engineer, it enlist ...

(OC33-34B). * 2011:

Dietrich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal a ...

, ''Complete Harpsichord Music'', 4 CD, OnClassical (OC51-54Bv),

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(94312). * 2012:

, ''Complete Organ Music'', 6 CD, OnClassical (OC61-66Bv), Brilliant Classics (94422). * 2013:

Georg Böhm Georg Böhm (2 September 1661 – 18 May 1733) was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is notable for his development of the chorale partita and for his influence on the young J. S. Bach. Life Böhm was born in 1661 in Hohenkirchen. He ...

, ''Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music'', 4 CD, OnClassical (OC72-75B), Brilliant Classics (94612). * 2013:

Luigi Cherubini Luigi Cherubini ( ; ; 8 or 14 SeptemberWillis, in Sadie (Ed.), p. 833 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the gre ...

, ''Sei Sonate per cimbalo'', un CD, Amadeus Rainbow. * 2014:

Johann Adam Reincken Johann Adam Reincken (also ''Jan Adams, Jean Adam'', ''Reinken, Reinkinck, Reincke, Reinicke, Reinike''; Baptism, baptized 10 December 1643 – 24 November 1722) was a Dutch/German organist and composer. He was one of the most important composers ...

, ''Complete Harpsichord and Organ Music'', 3 CD, OnClassical (OC84-86B), Brilliant Classics (94606). * 2015:

Johann Gottfried Walther Johann Gottfried Walther (18 September 1684 – 23 March 1748) was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era. Walther was born at Erfurt. Not only was his life almost exactly contemporaneous to that ...

, ''Complete Organ Music'', 12 CD, Brilliant Classics (94730). * 2015: Various Composers: ''Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 & other works'', 1 CD, OnClassical (OC95B) * 2016:

Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theory, music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of Fr ...

: ''Complete Harpsichord Music'', 2 CD, OnClassical (OC130BSET) * 2016:

Johann Jakob Froberger Johann Jakob Froberger ( baptized 19 May 1616 – 7 May 1667) was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. Among the most famous composers of the era, he was influential in developing the musical form of the suite of dances in h ...

: ''Complete Music for Harpsichord and Organ'', 16 CD, Brilliant Classics (94740) * 2016:

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

: ''Organ Works BWV 538, 542, 545, 565, 572, 582, 590'', 1 CD, OnClassical (OC150B) * 2018:

Federico Maria Sardelli Federico Maria Sardelli (born 1963) is an Italian conductor, historicist, composer, musicologist, comic artist, and flautist. He founded the medieval ensemble Modo Antiquo in 1984. In 1987, Modo Antiquo also became a baroque orchestra, debuti ...

: ''Suites pour le Clavecin'', 1 CD, Brilliant Classics (95488) * 2019:

Johann Pachelbel Johann Pachelbel (baptised – buried 9 March 1706; also Bachelbel) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secularity, secular music, and h ...

: ''Complete Keyboard Music'', 13 CD, Brilliant Classics (95623) * 2021:

Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow or Zachau (14 November 1663, Leipzig – 7 August 1712, Halle) was a German musician and composer of vocal and keyboard music. Life Zachow probably received his training from his father, the piper Heinrich Zachow, o ...

: ''Complete Organ Music'', 2 CD, Brilliant Classics (96022) * 2021:

Carlo Antonio Campioni Charles-Antoine Campion, italianized as Carlo Antonio Campioni (16 November 172012 April 1788) was a French-Italian composer who was born in Lorraine, France. He was a prolific composer and represented a link between Baroque compositional methods ...

: ''6 Sonatas for Harpsichord'', 1 CD, Brilliant Classics (95997) * 2021:

Giovanni Picchi Giovanni Picchi (1571 or 1572 – 17 May 1643) was an Italian composer, organist, lutenist, and harpsichordist of the early Baroque era. He was a late follower of the Venetian School, and was influential in the development and differentiation ...

: ''Complete Harpsichord Music and other Venetian gems'', 1 CD, Brilliant Classics (95998)

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1981 births Living people Musicians from Florence Italian harpsichordists Italian classical organists Male classical organists 21st-century organists 21st-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-classical-musician-stub