Stefano Mainetti

Stefano Mainetti is an Italian composer and conductor whose work spans concert music, cinema, television, theatre and multimedia. He studied composition at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome, graduating with honours, and subsequently specialised in film scoring while continuing advanced studies in classical guitar. He has taught film music composition at Santa Cecilia and lectures on music management, marketing and media at Roma Tre University, with research interests that include music and generative artificial intelligence.

A founding member of the Associazione Compositori Musica per Film, he has written scores for productions including The Shooter, Silent Trigger, Tale of the Mummy and Orgoglio. His international projects include The Word of Promise, Abbà Pater and Alma Mater, for which he conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Choir of Westminster Cathedral. In Tempo Altro he returns to the classical guitar, both as composer and performer, in collaboration with Flavio Cucchi.