Stefano Mainetti

He studied Conducting with Cesare Croci and Ennio Nicotra[1] and holds a BA, magna cum laude, in Anthropology and Political Science with a published dissertation on Richard Wagner.

"Personalità Europea - Oscar dei Giovani" in Rome (1983) for the theme of "TG l'Una" on "Rai Uno", and prize "Agimus" (1996) for the best original soundtrack for the short film Sera.

From 2007 to 2010 composed and conducted the music for The Word of Promise[8] the US audio drama of the Bible in 79 CDs with the voices of Jim Caviezel, Richard Dreyfuss, Michael York, Jon Voight, Max von Sydow, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach, Terence Stamp, Louis Gossett Jr. and 600 other actors.

In 2011 he composed and produced Tu es Christus[13][14] a Sony Music cd for the beatification of Pope John Paul II in which featured, amongst others, the voices of Andrea Bocelli and Plácido Domingo.

A modern melodrama, in the most extended sense of the term, a non linear process in which the result is superior to the sum of the parts and in which each component - music, dance, painting and video art - concurs in creating an augmented reality that engrosses the spectator on a multi sensory level.

As a demonstration of the desire shared by various cultural personalities to create a new space for discussion and dialogue, productions from all over the world participate in the project, including the Teatro della Pergola in Florence.