Stefano Bruno (2000, Italy) is a laureate of numerous international competitions. At the age of 18, he won the gold medal and special prize at the VIII International Cello Competition “David Popper” in Hungary. More recently, in 2022, he won the first prize in the Cello Biënnale Competition in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Stefano studied cello in the class of Francesco Montaruli and then Giuseppe Carabellese at the Conservatory of Foggia, Italy, where he graduated in 2018 with full marks, honors and mention. He then continued his studies with Giovanni Gnocchi at the Philarmonic Academy of Bologna and with Francesco Dillon and Paolo Bonomini at the School of Music of Fiesole. In recent years, Stefano Bruno studied at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome with Giovanni Sollima and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the class of Pieter Wispelwey. He graduated from both academies summa cum laude.