
Stefano Rossi has recently been assistant conductor of Michele Mariotti (chief conductor Opera di Roma) collaborating with Bolzano Haydn Stiftung orchestra and Teatro Maggio musicale Fiorentino. Stefano won second prize at Vienna Caneres International Competition and received the Michael Beech prize for distinction in Conducting at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. In 2022 he won 4th prize (semifinalist) at Nino Rota Conducting competition in Matera.
Stefano has been assistant conductor of Christopher Bucknall at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire at the opera “Die Zauberflöte” production, working with the extraordinary director Michael Barry, from Royal Opera House in London.
He has collaborated in Venice with Maestro Abzal Mukhitdin, principal conductor of the Astana Opera Theatre in Kazakhstan, Ramon Vargas, world-renewed tenor and soprano Barbara Frittoli.
During his time in Finland, he has collaborated with high-quality conductors such as Jorma Panula, Mikko Frank, Hannu Lintu, Leif Segerstam, and Sakari Oramo.
Stefano has done several masterclasses around Europe such as international masterclass with M° Jorma Panula, M° Antonio Silva and Malaga Philharmonic, M° Johannes Wildnerand Berlin Sinfonietta. M° Michalis Economouand Athens Philarmonik, M°Giuseppe Lanzetta and Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina.
Stefano studied oboe in Milan’s Conservatoire G. Verdi for ten years with M° Diego Dini Ciacci. He studied Composition and score reading with M° Irlando Danieli and M° Simone Fermani.
Stefano Rossi has completed the Orchestra Conducting Postgraduate at the prestigious Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, one of the finest Conservatoire facilities in the United Kingdom.
Among his teachers are Daniele Rosina and Michael Seal, associate conductor of City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.