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50121 - Firenze (ITALY) Tel: +39 055 242992 |
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50121 - Firenze (ITALY) Tel: +39 055 242992 |
Simone Stella, born in Florence in 1981, begins the study of the piano at the age of 8. When he was 13 he cames 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 at 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 collaborated, in quality of organist, with the Polifonico Chorus of the CariCentro conducted from 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 near the Conservatory of Florence. As tenor he collaborates with the Chorus of the Conservatory Cherubini. From some year he has begun its activity of composer amateur,preferring the organ and piano composition.
Currently he dedicates his studies to the deeper understanding of J.S.Bach's keyboard music. The famous concert pianist and composer Rami Bar-Niv, one of Israel's most acclaimed and sought after pianists, said (commenting the Stella's performance of Allemande from French Suite II): "Excellent playing, I am very impressed. Clean, precise, not too dry, nice phrasing and sensitive. Great job."
