Biography

Stefano is an Italian-American composer based in Los Angeles. Stefano started his musical career in his native Italy at the age of nine, studying piano with Professor Antonio Ranalli, student of Ferruccio Busoni. His journey as a student culminated with a Master's Degree in Composition under the guidance of Maestro Alessandro Cusatelli. He also studied Organ with Professor Biondi, Violin with Professor Alessandra Albo and Drums and Percussion with Professor Messina.

Stefano relocated to the US with the assistance of Academy Award winning composer Bill Conti. He has collaborated on several projects with world-renowned tenor Plácido Domingo. The original music he has composed for the Maestro brought him to the attention of the Butler Opera Center in Austin (Texas), who commissioned him an Opera.

Stefano has scored "Boy in the Void", directed by Miroslav Macala (2012), "L'Homme Sans Musique", directed by Stefano Arduino (2013) and "Amalia", directed by Biagio Fersini ("Best Original Score" at the "Sonora Soundtrack Film Festival", 2014), "Road To Juarez", directed by David De Leon (2015), "HTETU" directed by James Frehn (2022), "Diane", directed by Damarrus Grant (2023), "Whistle", directed by Stefania Simoni (2025), "Lyudmila", directed by Biagio Fersini (2025) and "Yale", directed by Jay Silverman (2025).

Stefano also collaborated on the soundtrack of the Oscar Nominated Animated Feature Film "Anomalisa", directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman (2015).

In 2018 Stefano has been chosen as the "in-house composer" for a set of feature films produced by Manhattan Film, a production company owned by Anthony Michael Hall. In 2022 Stefano has also started a collaboration with MKC Media to score their feature films.

In addition to creating music, Stefano is also an avid formula race car driver. He has participated in race events across Europe.
- IMDb mini biography by: Stefano Tomaselli