Stefano Mastruzzi, a graduate in Classical Guitar and Composition, works as a musician and arranger with Roberto Giglio, Enrico Pieranunzi, Silvia Salemi, Enzo Pietropaoli, Saturnino, Patty Pravo, Franco Micalizzi, Gianni Oddi, Massimo Nunzi, Cristiano Micalizzi, Amedeo Tommasi, Giovanni Imparato, Giuseppe Tortora.
From 1998 to present, he is Director and cultural entrepreneur for Saint Louis College of Music. Under his leadership, Saint Louis has increased its activities tremendously, increasing its students from 90 students in 1998 to over 1,600 current enrollees each year from all over the world.
As a cultural entrepreneur, he has opened and managed four venues in downtown Rome (the second since 2002, the third since 2006, the fourth since 2015) .
Thanks to Stefano Mastruzzi since 2012, Saint Louis has become the first private institution in Italy authorized by the Ministry of Education and University to award Level I and II academic diplomas in High Artistic Musical Education, the highest degree. To date, all authorized Institutions of Higher Artistic Musical Education in Italy are all state-owned or participated in and/or financed by the Region, Provinces, and Municipalities. Saint Louis, on the other hand, does not receive structural funding for its activities, but lives virtuously off what it actually produces.
It has created 120 permanent jobs among administrative and music professionals, a business sector notoriously living in precariousness.
Stefano Mastruzzi in 2012 received the 2012 Iseo Award, for his educational work with Saint Louis in developing young musicians through the European Jazz Contest and organizing high-profile concert events.
In 2015 in Milano Finanza:“…the Saint Louis represents a healthy and competitive cultural enterprise activity on the international terrain without affecting public resources by one euro, a model of cultural entrepreneurship with all-Italian know-how.”
In 2017-2018 he co-funded with the University of Tuscia (Department “Historical and Cultural Heritage Sciences”) a PhD on “Compositional Solutions and Emotional Responses: study and technical investigation of the correlations between compositional solutions and emotional responses of the listener, from 1900 to the present day, on the subject of music applied to the image.”
Stefano Mastruzzi in 2018 with a co-funding from CIRDER, a research grant on new technologies in the field of Music applied to images.
Lecturer in Higher Education in Music
From 1998 to present teaching guitar, jazz harmony and composition at Saint Louis College of Music in Rome.
- Composition Diploma Conservatory “A. Casella,” L’Aquila
- Classical Guitar Diploma Conservatorio “Santa Cecilia”, Rome
- Bachelor’s degree in Law University of “La Sapienza” Studies, Rome
- Classical High School Diploma “M. Massimo” Institute, Rome
Stefano Mastruzzi Director and producer of Saint Louis Management.
Founded Saint Louis Management, a management and booking agency for jazz music, in 2000 and has organized concerts all over the world: Umbria jazz, Torino Jazz Festival, Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival,Vicenza New Conversation, North Sea Jazz Festival, Le Mans Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Jazz in Liege, Gexto Jazz Festival, Blue Note Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz in Vienne, Jazz Baltica, JVC Jazz Festival, Town Hall, Basel Jazz Festival, Nancy Jazz Pulsation, London Jazz Festival, Marciac Jazz Festival, Rotterdam Jazz Festival, Oeiras Jazz Festival, Ankara Jazz Festival ì, Audi Jazz Festival, Puerto Rico Jazz Festival, Kanazawa Jazz Festival, Vilnius Jazz Festival. representing over time some of the greatest Italian and international jazz musicians, such as Roberto Gatto, Rosario Giuliani, Gino Paoli “Un incontro in jazz,” Danilo Rea, Enrico Pieranunzi, Luis Bacalov, Paolo Damiani.
Nonetheless, the agency plays a fundamental role in supporting the best students to enter the world of work: every year it selects and promotes new groups of young talents by organizing an average of 250 concerts a year throughout the country.
Stefano Mastruzzi Artistic Director and Executive Producer of Higher Education Seminars, Competitions, Festivals and Musical Reviews for the promotion of young Italian musical talents.
Rome Jazz’ Cool (2005-2011) – Advanced Jazz Seminars with artists from all over the world, over 450 participants. International start seminarists include: John Patitucci, Kenny Werner, Marc Johnson, Enrico Pieranunzi, Jeff Ballard, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Sheila Jordan, Mark Murphy, Dave Liebman, Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer, John Taylor, Enrico Rava, Giovanni Tommaso, Salvatore Bonafede, Mauzio Giammarco, Rosario Giuliani, Paolo Damiani, Sylvain Luc, Bob Stoloff, Roberto gatto, Marvin Stamm, Dedè Ceccarelli, Gene Jackson, Paolo Damiani, Adam Rogers, Joey Calderazzo, Jaff “Tain” Watts, Scott Colley, Norma Winstone, Larry Grenadier, Phil Markowitz, Peter Bernstein, Nancy King, Mark King, Mark Turner, Chjris Potter, Ben Allison, Scott Colley, Jonathan Kreisberg, Roberta Gambarini, Aaron Goldberg, Clarence Penn, Danilo Perez, Goncalo Marquez, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Joe La Barbera, Charis Ioannou, Simon Purcell, Lage Lund, Umberto Fiorentino, Anita Wardell 7 editions (2005 to 2009)
Jammin‘ – young talent review that has brought over 400 young artists to the stage and launched dozens of emerging artists onto the job market, at Auditorium Parco della musica in Rome- (2003 to present)
Special Guest – Festival of young talents and established artists, for the inclusion of the best talents in the working world Teatro Eliseo Roma, has produced concerts with the likes of Kurt Elling, Peppe Vessicchio, Vince Mendoza, Paolo Fresu, Antonella Ruggiero (Matia Bazar) Peppe Servillo, Javier Girotto, Diodato, Tullio De Piscopo
3 editions (2017 to 2019)
I Hate Summer – Summer Music Review, 45 concerts in Villa Carpegna Park, Rome with artists such as Gino Paoli, Simone Cristicchi, Enrico Pieranunzi, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Joe La Barbera, Rosario Giuliani, Flavio Boltro, Roberto Ciotti, Paolo Damiani, Eugenio Bennato, Chichiro Yamanaka, Sheila Jordan, Francesco Bearzatti, –
2 editions (2010/2011)
European Jazz Contest (2005-2013) – European competition for contemporary jazz involving 12 European conservatories, Maastricht (Netherlands), Antwerp (Netherlands), Ghent (Belgium), Leipzig (Germany), about 520 applications, 40 finalists in 8 editions
Italian Jazz on the Road (2015-2017) – Italian Jazz exported to Europe, at Trinity-Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance- London, United Kingdom Metropolia- Helsinki, Finland Conservatorium Maastricht- Maastricht, The Netherlands Royal Academy of Music of Aarhus/Aalborg-Aalborg, Denmark Conservatory Liceu – Barcelona, Spain
Minus one (2019) – Italian Jazz Festival in Tblisi, Georgia
Italian Jazz C.R.E.A. (Composition Research – Europe and America) Innovative project entirely dedicated to research and innovation in jazz composition in order to distribute an original and experimental Italian jazz music project worldwide. International partners of the project, some of the most important Italian, European and U.S. musical institutions: Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Navarra – Pamplona, Spain; University of North Texas, USA; Umbria Jazz Festival; Auditorium Parco della musica, Rome; Teatro Eliseo, Rome.
Special Guest: Paolo Fresu, Javier Girotto, Richard De Rosa, Navarre Conservatory Orchestra, University of North Texas Orchestra.
Stefano Mastruzzi Artistic Director and Executive Producer of Higher Education Seminars, Competitions, Festivals and Musical Reviews for the promotion of young Italian musical talents.
Rome Jazz’ Cool (2005-2011) – Advanced Jazz Seminars with artists from all over the world, over 450 participants. International start seminarists include: John Patitucci, Kenny Werner, Marc Johnson, Enrico Pieranunzi, Jeff Ballard, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Sheila Jordan, Mark Murphy, Dave Liebman, Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer, John Taylor, Enrico Rava, Giovanni Tommaso, Salvatore Bonafede, Mauzio Giammarco, Rosario Giuliani, Paolo Damiani, Sylvain Luc, Bob Stoloff, Roberto gatto, Marvin Stamm, Dedè Ceccarelli, Gene Jackson, Paolo Damiani, Adam Rogers, Joey Calderazzo, Jaff “Tain” Watts, Scott Colley, Norma Winstone, Larry Grenadier, Phil Markowitz, Peter Bernstein, Nancy King, Mark King, Mark Turner, Chjris Potter, Ben Allison, Scott Colley, Jonathan Kreisberg, Roberta Gambarini, Aaron Goldberg, Clarence Penn, Danilo Perez, Goncalo Marquez, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Joe La Barbera, Charis Ioannou, Simon Purcell, Lage Lund, Umberto Fiorentino, Anita Wardell 7 editions (2005 to 2009)
Jammin‘ – young talent review that has brought over 400 young artists to the stage and launched dozens of emerging artists onto the job market over the past 17 years, Auditorium Parco della musica Roma- 17 editions (2003 to present)
Special Guest – Festival of young talents and established artists, for the inclusion of the best talents in the working world Teatro Eliseo Roma, has produced concerts with the likes of Kurt Elling, Peppe Vessicchio, Vince Mendoza, Paolo Fresu, Antonella Ruggiero (Matia Bazar) Peppe Servillo, Javier Girotto, Diodato, Tullio De Piscopo
3 editions (2017 to 2019)
I Hate Summer – Summer Music Review, 45 concerts in Villa Carpegna Park, Rome with artists such as Gino Paoli, Simone Cristicchi, Enrico Pieranunzi, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Joe La Barbera, Rosario Giuliani, Flavio Boltro, Roberto Ciotti, Paolo Damiani, Eugenio Bennato, Chichiro Yamanaka, Sheila Jordan, Francesco Bearzatti, –
2 editions (2010/2011)
European Jazz Contest (2005-2013) – European competition for contemporary jazz involving 12 European conservatories, Maastricht (Netherlands), Antwerp (Netherlands), Ghent (Belgium), Leipzig (Germany), about 520 applications, 40 finalists in 8 editions
Italian Jazz on the Road (2015-2017) – Italian Jazz exported to Europe, at Trinity-Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance- London, United Kingdom Metropolia- Helsinki, Finland Conservatorium Maastricht- Maastricht, The Netherlands Royal Academy of Music of Aarhus/Aalborg-Aalborg, Denmark Conservatory Liceu – Barcelona, Spain
Minus one (2019) – Italian Jazz Festival in Tblisi, Georgia www.slmc.it/minus-one-festival-eu/
Italian Jazz C.R.E.A. (Composition Research – Europe and America) Innovative project entirely dedicated to research and innovation in jazz composition, in order to distribute a project of original and experimental Italian jazz music worldwide. International partners of the project, some of the most important Italian, European and U.S. musical institutions: Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Navarra – Pamplona, Spain; University of North Texas, USA; Umbria Jazz Festival; Auditorium Parco della musica, Rome; Teatro Eliseo, Rome.
Special Guest: Paolo Fresu, Javier Girotto, Richard De Rosa, Navarre Conservatory Orchestra, University of North Texas Orchestra.
Artistic director and producer of the Jazz Collection record label (jazz).
19 records produced and distributed on all digital platforms with young emerging artists and great professionals of contemporary jazz music, whose entire production he oversaw.
Among the great artists in the series: Giovanni Tommaso, Enzo Pietropaoli, Stochelo Rosenberg, Enrico Pieranunzi, Franco Micalizzi, Saturnino.
Editor of the Magazine “Music IN,” a periodical of information, news and music culture directed by Romina Ciuffa and conceived by a young editorial staff of journalists formed within Saint Louis. Interviews, reviews and news from the national and international art scene.
Publisher of the Saint Louis DOC Educational Series. The educational series designed by Saint Louis, in collaboration with its professional teachers, is the result of years of research, practice, teaching and constant updates. Inside the Saint Louis doc texts, designed and adopted for the professional diploma courses, one breathes the air of a music school as alive and excellent as ever, with its music teaching, stories, faculty, students, countless groups and bands, jazz, rock, blues and a sincere uncompromising passion lived daily since 1976.
Artistic director and producer of ArtUro Sounds record label (electronic, indie), audio video productions with young emerging artists.
Artistic director and producer of the record label Urban49 (rock, pop9, songs, ep and albums produced and distributed on all digital platforms with young emerging artists and great professionals of contemporary rock music, for which he oversaw the entire artistic production.
