About

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Stefano Moccetti is an active and eclectic guitarist born in Lugano, Switzerland.

He studied at the University School of Music in Lugano under the guidance of Lorenzo Micheli, obtaining in 2019 the Master in Music Performance. During his formation he won the first prize in several competitions including the Swiss Youth Music Competition (Bern) and the Concorso Rovere d'Oro (Italy).
He has participated in masterclasses with world-renowned guitarists such as Aniello Desiderio, Pavel Steidl and Jonathan Leathwood. The Lugano Conservatoire particularly demanding classes gave him a strong theorical knowledge and Ear training, fundamental for the shaping of his artistic profile.

In 2020 Stefano founded a duo with his former fellow student Anton Jablokov, violinist. The duo was successfully established in Switzerland and debuted in Italy, Ireland and Germany in 2023 gaining great appreciation for the virtuosity, musicality and genuine originality of their concerts.
The duo recorded a CD with new original compositions and arrangements for guitar and violin duo composed in collaboration with Anton Jablokov.

Since 2023, as the winner of a PhD studentship, he has been leading a research project in the performance-composition field at the International Guitar Research Centre of the University of Surrey with Prof. Stephen Goss.