At the age of 18 he went from High School to a band called Sunset :
He joined the band in 1980 and played until 1983, with that band Stefano played in the most important Jazz Clubs of Italy.
From that point he joined The Nightworkers in 1984, he spent 2 years with them playing in Maroc and Greece with Club Med.
In 1987 Stefano joined Rocky Roberts Orchestra (touring all around Italy)which ended 1989.
From that time he has played in other bands and with bandleaders such as: Sonny Costanzo, Tony Scott,Wilbur Little, Benjamin Waters and many others.

1998: joined Marco Montaruli Quartet.
1999: Stefano moved to The Netherlands, 2000 joined Universe of Happiness and recorded a Cd with them.