ARTIST

CELLO

Born in 1998, cellist Stefano Beltrami graduated with top marks in 2017 from the Alessandria Conservatory under the tutelage of Claudio Merlo. In 2020, he earned his Master’s degree with full marks cum laude from the Milan Conservatory, studying with Matteo Ronchini. In 2021, he completed his Master of Advanced Studies in Contemporary Music Performance with honors (A) at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, under Asier Polo.

His training has been enriched by masterclasses with M. Chen, T. Demenga, S. Guarino, L. Harrell, A. Meneses, E. Rovner, G. Scaglione, and G. Sollima. He attended the Pavia Cello Academy 2018 in Enrico Dindo’s class and the 2019 course with Natalia Gutman in Fiesole. In 2022, he participated in the Contemporary Cello Week at the EstOvest Festival and the Ensemble Intercontemporain masterclass at the Accademia Stauffer.

In 2016, he won 1st prize at the Agimus-Crescendo Competition in Florence. In December of the same year, he debuted with the Orchestra Mozart of Acqui Terme, conducted by Aldo Niccolai, performing F.J. Haydn’s Concerto in C major. In 2019, he received the Jury’s First Prize at the Ivrea cello competition, dedicated to the best graduates of Piedmont’s Conservatories. In 2021, he won the Absolute First Prize at the Campus delle Arti in Rome, receiving the IMAIE award—an international solo tour and a record deal. In 2022, he was selected to perform the solo from “William Tell” in the final concert of Obiettivo Orchestra, while also being ranked first in the Academy’s internal selection for the Filarmonica del Teatro Regio di Torino. In 2023, he performed J. Haydn’s Concerto in D major in Saluzzo with the APM School orchestra.

In chamber ensembles and with the OCMA Quartet, he has participated in Trame Sonore 2023 and 2024 and the Cork Chamber Music Festival 2024 (IRE). He is a member of the LMR Pressenda Chamber Orchestra.

Since 2018, he has been a De Sono scholarship holder. He plays a 19th-century cello by an anonymous maker.