Stefano Mainetti

The nomination of Stefano Mainetti for the Camille Awards 2026 (European Film Composer Awards) was announced today. These awards are among the most prestigious international recognitions dedicated exclusively to music for the screen and are promoted by the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance. Mainetti has been selected in the category Best Original Music for a […]

During the 2025/2026 academic year, Roma Tre University offered a Postgraduate Master’s Programme in Music Management, Marketing and Media. Among the teaching staff was Stefano Mainetti, whose lectures explored themes ranging from film music composition to the transformative impact of new musical media, with particular emphasis on the interaction between music and generative artificial intelligence. […]

Da Vinci Publishes “Along Time – Chamber Music for Cello and Piano after Movie Soundtracks” by Stefano Mainetti. The printed edition of Along Time – Chamber Music for Cello and Piano after Movie Soundtracks has just been released by Hal Leonard, the world’s leading music publisher and distributor. This beautifully produced volume features the complete […]

Stefano Mainetti held a panel on Music and Generative Artificial Intelligence as part of the Rome Film Music Festival. The multi-award-winning composer of Orgoglio, Shooter – Attentato a Praga, Talos – L’ombra del faraone, Silent Trigger, and The Word of Promise, introduced by composer Pivio, President of ACMF – the Italian Association of Film Music […]

Friends, musicians, actors and directors applaud the cues from the anthology of soundtracks that composer Stefano Mainetti transcribed, dedicating them to Luca Pincini’s cello and Gilda Buttà’s piano. The Forum Studios, the large recording studio for Oscar-winning soundtracks, in the heart of Rome’s Parioli district, hosted the presentation of “Along Time’’, an album published by […]

The ACMF, Association of Film Music Composers and the Cinema per Roma Foundation are pleased to present “Cinema in Concerto”, the closing event of the Rome Film Fest, which will be held on October 26, 2024 at 9:00 pm at the Teatro Olimpico in Rome. The program includes 28 instrumental compositions taken from the related […]

The Masterclasses relating to the “Campus Project” were held in Cagliari from 23 to 28 Ottobre by the Centro Sperimentale del Cinema of Rome. The teachers Giuliano Taviani, Stefano Mainetti and Lorenzo Tomio took turns to follow the composers from Italy and abroad in composing the soundtracks of the short films presented by young directors […]

ACMF presents a day dedicated to Italian film music composers ACMF Masterclass open to the public and Concert by the Pessoa String Quartet with Rossano Baldini on the piano in the legendary Forum Studios in Rome Speakers will include Pasquale Catalano, Fabrizio Fornaci, Riccardo Giagni, Stefano Mainetti, Alessandro Molinari, Pivio, Stefano Reali, Kristian Sensini and […]

As part of the Science and Art Festival, the meeting on “The whole and the sum – The complexity between physics, music and urban spaces” was held in Rome on 19 June. Moderated by Felice Cimatti, physics Francesca Tria, the architect Lorenzo Romito and the composer Stefano Mainetti spoke on the topic. Everything around us […]

Concert performed by guitarist Flavio Cucchi at the Sala Umberto in Rome. The program opens with the transcription of Vivaldi’s Concerto in D major for lute, two violins and bass, which Flavio Cucchi worked on based on the original manuscript. Another transcription of his follows, the aria “Lascia ch’io pianga” by G.F. Handel, to close […]

Conference on the personality and compositional techniques of Maestro Ennio Morricone at the “Sala Medaglioni” of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome held by the composers and teachers Stefano Mainetti, Riccardo Giagni, Maurizio Gabrieli, Roberto Giuliani, by the musicologist and film-music journalist Massimo Privitera and by Albanian delegation of the Conservatory of Tirana.

Italy celebrates the first National Day of Entertainment. Thanks to the recent go-ahead from Parliament, starting this year every 24 October will take place events aimed at promoting the show in all its forms. The date chosen in the law unanimously approved by the Chamber and Senate is not a coincidence: in fact, on 24 […]

The students of the Composition for Film Music School of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome under the guidance of Maestro Maurizio Gabrieli and Maestro Stefano Mainetti Composed the Soundtrack of the films “Umanità” (1919) by Elvira Giallanella and “È piccerella” ( 1922) by Elvira Notari. The Santa Cecilia Orchestral Group conducted by Tei […]

On 24 March and 7 April 2021, the Teatro della Pergola in Florence hosts the composer and conductor Stefano Mainetti as part of the Maps for a New World review, a program of meetings provided for by Charte 18-XXI. An ensemble of artists, scientists and philosophers brought together by Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, stage director of the […]

The volume deals in depth with sound in the audiovisual sector in its technical and expressive aspects, mainly for films and documentaries. Simone Corelli, Stefano Mainetti and Gilberto Martinelli, well-known professionals in the sector, tackle both the production and post-production sides, up to listening to the audience, also dealing with film music. The essay published […]

Il 24 giugno, alle ore 22, ha avuto luogo a Roma, presso gli Studios di Via Tiburtina 521, “Grido per un nuovo Rinascimento” – Prima Giornata Nazionale dei Lavoratori dello Spettacolo – Nell’assoluto rispetto delle norme vigenti in materia di sicurezza e salute, si è alzato il grido degli artisti e degli operatori del mondo dello […]

Thursday 12 December, at 3pm, on the invitation of Ing. Giovanni Costantini, Director of the Master in “Sonic Arts” and of the Training Course in music production, set up in the Master Room of the University of Rome Tor Vergata since 2011, Stefano Mainetti will hold the “Rendering Revolution” Masterclass in the Master’s Room (P10) […]

Il 30 Novembre 2019 il M° Roberto Giuliani, Direttore del Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia di Roma, Istituto di Alta Formazione Musicale afferente al Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Università e della Ricerca dello Stato Italiano, ha conferito a Stefano Mainetti  l’incarico di docente di Composizione per la Musica Applicata alle Immagini. “E’ un incarico che ho accettato con grande piacere […]

Domenica 20 Ottobre, alle ore 21, al Teatro Argentina di Roma, si terrà il concerto di chiusura per gli “Incontri di Musica Sacra Contemporanea”. All’interno del concerto verrà eseguita la Suite “Multiversus Namaz” di Stefano Mainetti. Ingresso Libero

Dall’8 ottobre al 10 novembre – Ritratti e Paesaggi, l’Italia sul palcoscenico – la mostra di immagini fotografiche di Amedeo Turello si è svolta presso la Salle d’Exposition du Quai Antoine 1er di Monaco, sotto l’alto patronato del Presidente della Repubblica Italiana, con la presidenza d’onore di S.A.R. la Principessa di Hanovre e con il Patrocinio dell’Ambasciata d’Italia a […]

Tuesday 1 October at 11 am, in the prestigious headquarters of the Central Institute for Sound and Audiovisual Heritage, formerly “Discoteca di Stato”, in Via Caetani, 32 – Rome – Maestro Stefano Mainetti will hold a Workshop on “Rendering Revolution”, a project of “augmented music” already presented at MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century […]

Martedì’ 1 Ottobre alle ore 21, nella Basilica di San Marco Evangelista, Piazza Venezia – Roma – e Domenica 20 Ottobre al Teatro Argentina di Roma, alle ore 21, all’interno della manifestazione “Incontri di Musica Sacra e Contemporanea” verrà eseguita la Suite “Multiversus Namaz” di Stefano Mainetti. Inoltre, sempre Martedì 1° ottobre, ore 11.00 nell’Auditorium […]

Saturday 27 July in Maratea, during the event “Lucano Cinema Days” – International Basilicata Award, there will be a concert with the music of Stefano Mainetti performed by Luca Pincini, Cello and Gilda Buttà, Piano. The concert will open the evening. In the morning of the same day Stefano will hold a Masterclass on the […]

November 30, 2018, at 11.30 am, Stefano Mainetti will hold a Masterclass at the Casa del Cinema in Rome, within the Roma Web Fest. The Masterclass will be divided into two parts. The first part will focus on a research thesis that Mainetti developed some time ago entitled “From melody to sound design – evolution […]

The ACMF, Association of Music Film Composers and the Cinema for Rome Foundation are pleased to present “Cinema in Concerto”, the final event of the XIII Rome Film Festival, which will be held on October 28th 2018 at 9pm at the Sala Sinopoli dell Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome. The program includes 28 instrumental […]

On Monday 12 June, Stefano Mainetti presented “Rendering Revolution” at the MAXXI Auditorium in Rome. A crowded audience in which the personalities of entertainment, journalism and the Italian and European art scene stood out, had the opportunity to experience an “augmented music” experience. A system born from the fusion of arts and digital technology. During […]

Venerdi 28 aprile 2017, al Bari International Film Festival, i musicisti Stefano Caprioli, Francesco Cerasi, Riccardo Giagni, Andrea Guerra, Stefano Mainetti e Pivio hanno presentato ufficialmente Statuto e Manifesto dell’ACMF – Associazione Compositori Musica da Film. Il progredire tecnologico, l’uso e le modalità di distribuzione in rete, i nuovi sistemi di organizzazione delle produzioni e distribuzioni cinematografiche, la velocizzazione dei processi di realizzazione, l’impoverimento […]

Friday 26 August, for the Villammare Film Festival, evening dedicated to the soundtracks. To give an exclusive Concert will be the Maestro Stefano Mainetti, famous for the soundtracks written for some US films such as “Tale of the Mummy” and for Italian fiction as “Pride”. His music will be performed for the occasion by the […]

“A Cuor Leggero”, by Riccardo Sinigallia, end title song of the feature film “Italy in a day” by Gabriele Salvatores, to win the Assomusica Award “Ho visto una canzone”. To award the Prize is the jury composed by: Stefano Mainetti, composer and conductor, author of soundtracks, Saturnino, Italian musician, composer and record producer, from the […]

Il volume affronta con analisi critica e attenzione alle fonti, la passione musicale di Adolf Hitler nei confronti di Richard Wagner, la sua vicinanza alla famiglia del celebre compositore e le inquietudini culturali e sociali che attraversarono gli anni dell’imperante ideologia nazista. Così vengono sondate la persecuzione nei confronti della “musica degenerata” e dei suoi […]

On 23 December 2009, Stefano meets Pope Benedict XVI for the presentation of the cd “Alma Mater” performed by Ratzinger himself. The cd, composed by Stefano Mainetti and Simon Boswell, was recorded at Abbey Road with the participation of the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra.

The first live UK performance of the new album Alma Mater – featuring the voice of Pope Benedict XVI took place at Westminster Cathedral. The Chamber Choir of the Philharmonic Academy of Rome (the Vatican’s choir) made their UK debut, and were joined by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, composers Simon Boswell, Stefano Mainetti and Nour […]

Dal 25 Febbraio al 1 Marzo del 2008 si è svolto il 58° Festival di Sanremo. Presentato da Pippo Baudo, il Festival si è avvalso della collaborazione di Mariolina De Simone, Bruno Biriaco, Stefano Mainetti e dello stesso Baudo. La Commissione Artistica, così composta ha selezionato, ascoltandone oltre 600, i 12 brani finalisti partecipanti nella […]

During the evening “A light for the city” Stefano Mainetti conducts the “Nashville Symphony Orchestra” for the presentation event of “The Word of Promise” for the US national premiere. The orchestra performs the themes composed for this audiodrama produced by the Thomas Nelson Publisher, with the voices of 5 Oscar winners and the  participation of […]

Dal 27 Febbraio al 3 Marzo del 2007 si è svolto il 57° Festival di Sanremo. Presentato da Pippo Baudo, il Festival si è avvalso della collaborazione di Carolina Di Domenico, Federico Moccia, Stefano Mainetti e dello stesso Baudo. La Commissione Artistica, così composta ha selezionato, ascoltandone oltre 600, i 14 brani finalisti partecipanti nella […]