STEFANO MAINETTI

Composer and Conductor

Stefano Mainetti

Italian composer, conductor, and author whose work spans film, television, theatre, symphonic music, and interdisciplinary research. His artistic career bridges the European tradition of orchestral composition with contemporary audiovisual storytelling, exploring the relationship between music, image, theatrical space, and emerging technologies.

In 2026, he was nominated for the Camille Awards, the prestigious European prize dedicated to music for the screen, in the category of Best Original Music for a Drama Series for his score to I Casi di Teresa Battaglia – Ninfa Dormiente. This nomination represents a significant international recognition… of a career distinguished by its sustained contribution to film, television, theatre, and artistic innovation.

After studying classical guitar attended Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Rome where he earned a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude in Composition. He studied Conducting with Cesare Croci and Ennio Nicotra and holds a 1st class honors Master of Music in Film Scoring degree, under the guidance of M° Maurizio Gabrieli. Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Anthropology and Political Science, with a published dissertation on Richard Wagner.

He taught Composition and Film Scoring at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome and is a lecturer in the Master’s Program in Music Management and Media at Roma Tre University…, where he explores the relationship between music and generative artificial intelligence.

Stefano is one of the founders of the ACMF, the Italian Association of Music Composers for Films.

Italian composer, conductor, and author whose work spans film, television, theatre, symphonic music, and interdisciplinary research. His artistic career bridges the European tradition of orchestral composition with contemporary audiovisual storytelling, exploring the relationship between music, image, theatrical space, and emerging technologies.

In 2026, he was nominated for the Camille Awards, the prestigious European prize dedicated to music for the screen, in the category of Best Original Music for a Drama Series for his score to I Casi di Teresa Battaglia – Ninfa Dormiente. This nomination represents a significant international recognition… of a career distinguished by its sustained contribution to film, television, theatre, and artistic innovation.

After studying classical guitar attended Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Rome where he earned a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude in Composition.
Biography

Italian composer, conductor, and author whose work spans film, television, theatre, symphonic music, and interdisciplinary research. His artistic career bridges the European tradition of orchestral composition with contemporary audiovisual storytelling, exploring the relationship between music, image, theatrical space, and emerging technologies.

In 2026, he was nominated for the Camille Awards, the prestigious European prize dedicated to music for the screen, in the category of Best Original Music for a Drama Series for his score to I Casi di Teresa Battaglia – Ninfa Dormiente. This nomination represents a significant international recognition ...

Biography

Italian composer, conductor, and author whose work spans film, television, theatre, symphonic music, and interdisciplinary research. His artistic career bridges the European tradition of orchestral composition with contemporary audiovisual storytelling, exploring the relationship between music, image, theatrical space, and emerging technologies.

In 2026, he was nominated for the Camille Awards, the prestigious European prize dedicated to music for the screen, in the category of Best Original Music for a Drama Series for his score to I Casi di Teresa Battaglia – Ninfa Dormiente. This nomination represents a significant international recognition… of a career distinguished by its sustained contribution to film, television, theatre, and artistic innovation.

After studying classical guitar attended Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Rome where he earned a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude in Composition. He studied Conducting with Cesare Croci and Ennio Nicotra and holds a 1st class honors Master of Music in Film Scoring degree, under the guidance of M° Maurizio Gabrieli.
Biography

Italian composer, conductor, and author whose work spans film, television, theatre, symphonic music, and interdisciplinary research. His artistic career bridges the European tradition of orchestral composition with contemporary audiovisual storytelling, exploring the relationship between music, image, theatrical space, and emerging technologies.

In 2026, he was nominated for the Camille Awards, the prestigious European prize dedicated to music for the screen, in the category of Best Original Music for a Drama Series for his score to I Casi di Teresa Battaglia – Ninfa Dormiente. This nomination represents a significant international recognition… of a career distinguished by its sustained contribution to film, television, theatre, and artistic innovation.

Biography

Tu es Christus

(co-composto con Simon Boswell)

Prod:  SONY MUSIC
Featuring: Andrea Bocelli, Placido Domingo, Marcos Pavan, The Priests, Yasemin Sannino
Id n° 8697893182

Anno: ITALY 2011

Tu Es Christus è un omaggio a Giovanni Paolo II, simbolo della moderna cristianità. Stefano Mainetti e Simon Boswell hanno composto le musiche, producendo l’album insieme a Vincent Messina e a Don Giulio Neroni.

The Word of Promise

Prod: THOMAS NELSON/ FALCON PICTURES
Featuring: Jim Caviezel, Richard Dreyfuss, Michael York, Louis Gossett Jr., Jon Voight
Id n° 9789718924139

Anno: USA 2007/2009

The Word of Promise è un audio dramma della Bibbia del 2007. L’opera si compone di 79 cd e 1 dvd e vede la partecipazione di 600 attori tra cui i Premi Oscar Richard Dreyfus, John Voigt, Marisa Tomei e Louis Gasset Jr. La realizzazione della colonna sonora ha richiesto 2 anni di lavoro per oltre 100 ore di musica sinfonica.

Alma Mater

(co-composto con Simon Boswell)

Prod: GEFFEN/ UNIVERSAL
Featuring the voice of POPE BENEDICT XVI
Id n° 4763664

Anno: UK 2009

Il 2 Dicembre del 2009 si è tenuto uno storico concerto a Westminster Cathedral, diretto dagli autori, per la presentazione di Alma Mater, cd registrato a Abbey Road con la partecipazione della Royal Philarmonic Orchestra.

Abbà Pater

(co-composto con Leonardo De Amicis)

Prod: SONY CLASSICAL
Featuring the voice of POPE JOHN PAUL II
Id n° SSK 5771

Anno: USA 1999

Abbà Pater è un cd prodotto da Sony Classical e da Radio Vaticana per commemorare il Giubileo del 2000; il cd unisce composizioni sinfoniche originali alla voce di Giovanni Paolo II ed è entrato al 175mo posto della Billboard Top World Album Chart.

Latest projects: Rendering Revolution

“The love for harmony,
the desire to meet up in a shared reality,
beyond schemes,
the need to communicate,
the hug of a timeless entanglement,
a child’s amazement.
Rendering Revolution is the best way I found
to express this all.”

Stefano Mainetti
Stefano Mainetti