Stefano Gatta

Stefano Gatta has extensive experience in music direction and education, notably serving as the Maestro Direttore of the Banda Militare della Repubblica di San Marino since January 1990 and as the Direttore della Banda Musicale Militare until February 2024. Responsibilities include artistic direction, concert programming, military ceremonial command, administrative duties, musical arrangement and composition, as well as teaching and training. Gatta also worked as a freelance musician from 1987 to 2012, taking roles as a composer, arranger, orchestra and band director, and musicologist, in addition to conducting conferences, seminars, and masterclasses. Prior to these positions, Gatta taught theory, solfeggio, music history, and choral exercises at Liceo Musicale "A. Masini" Forlì from 1987 to 1992. Educational credentials include degrees in Orchestra Direction, Choral Music and Direction, and Philosophy from the Conservatorio di Bologna and Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, respectively.