Stefano Maiorana earned a Diploma in Classical Guitar at the Conservatorio S. Cecilia in Rome. Continuing his studies at Conservatorio S. Cecilia,  he obtained  a Level II Degree with honours in Classical Guitar and a Level II Degree with honours and special commendation in lute and early plucked-string instruments. He has followed guitar specialisation courses at the Accademia Chigiana, and further advanced courses in early music at Fima, Urbino. He graduated in ‘Architecture and Construction Techniques’ at the Prima Facoltà di Architettura de La Sapienza.

He has performed in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Swiss, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Australia and Mongolia, as soloist and basso continuo player for festivals or concert seasons (Hochschule für Künste in Bremen during the International Lute Festival, at the Italian Institute of culture in Oslo and at the Italian Institute of culture in Stockholm, the Auditorium Parco della Musica and Teatro Olimpico in Rome, the Romea Theatre in Murcia, the Muse Theatre in Ancona, the Maison de l’Italie – Cité internationale universitaire in Paris, the Groteska Theatre in Krakow, in the Festivals Roma Barocco, Materia Prima, Platonov Arts, Barocco di Viterbo, Antiqua, Düsseldorf Festival, Early Music Festival, Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Festival, Emufest, Nuova Consonanza, Tuscia and Roma Tre University, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, etc.). In 2017 he was invited as soloist by the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra to perform in the “Spanish Baroque” tour in Australia (Sydney City Recital Hall, Melbourne Recital Hall and Queensland Performing Arts Center).

His solo CDs, “Intavolatura” (Fra Bernardo label) with music by Kapsberger for theorbo and “Entre dos almas” (Arcana-Outhere Music label) with music by Santiago de Murcia for baroque guitar, received enthusiastic reviews by European, Canadian and American magazines.

“Claudio Ambrosini: Kapsberger, Secret Pages” (Arcana) is BBC Music Magazine’s “Instrumental Choice” in May issue 2023.

He is professor of Lute Performance at the Briccialdi Conservatory in Terni.