Alessandro Stella
Founder, Producer & Artistic Director, Extended Place
Alessandro Stella is an Italian pianist and producer. He founded Extended Place in 2020 and is a voting member of both the Recording Academy® and the Latin Recording Academy®. An original artist with a sophisticated discography, he has performed concerts across Europe and Latin America, appearing at festivals including the Martha Argerich Project and the Klavier-Festival Ruhr. His recordings have received awards including the Gramophone Editor's Choice and the Echo Klassik Award. The album Pizzetti & Montemezzi, recorded in duo with Marcos Madrigal, won the Cubadisco 2026 in the category "International Collaborations".
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22 September 2026
Five productions submitted for GRAMMY® consideration
Extended Place submits five productions for GRAMMY® consideration, with Alessandro Stella also submitted as Producer of the Year, Classical.
26 June 2026
New Release: Theme and Three Variations on a Dodecaphonic Series
Alessandro Stella's debut as a composer — a world premiere recording and the first publication of the score, coinciding today with its release by Universal Edition.
2 June 2026
Trame Sonore 2026
Extended Place artists across the 2026 edition of Trame Sonore in Mantua — five days of music from 29 May to 2 June.
29 May 2026
New Release: The Loveliest Hours
The first duo recording by Gemma Bertagnolli and Alessandro Stella — Mozart Lieder captured live at Trame Sonore Festival in Mantua, on a fortepiano replica after an 1804 Anton Walter instrument.
28 March 2026
Piano Day 2026 — Extended Place on Qobuz
For Piano Day 2026, a selection of piano-focused releases from Extended Place is available at a special price on Qobuz for a limited time.
9 January 2026
"Basta un messaggio: Io & Silvestrov" — Alessandro Stella on Quinte Parallele
A personal essay by Alessandro Stella on his encounter with Valentin Silvestrov and his music, published today as a Cover Story on Quinte Parallele.
24 October 2025
New Release: En Rêve (Extended Edition)
Extended Place celebrates the tenth anniversary of Alessandro Stella's debut EP with a fully remastered Extended Edition, including two previously unreleased tracks.
8 October 2025
Four productions submitted for GRAMMY® consideration
Extended Place submits four productions for GRAMMY® consideration — with Alessandro Stella also submitted as Producer of the Year, Classical for the second consecutive year.
21 March 2025
New Release: The Poet's Heart
Alessandro Stella's first Extended Place release — the one that started it all — is out today: a deeply personal journey into Edvard Grieg's piano music.
14 February 2025
A Valentine: Jeg elsker dig!, Op. 41, No. 3
Alessandro Stella releases a new single on Valentine's Day — Edvard Grieg's Jeg elsker dig! (I love you), from the upcoming album The Poet's Heart.
7 December 2024
Dialoghi con la Materia — Vinyl Presentation at Mattatoio Roma
Extended Place presents the vinyl edition of Dialoghi con la Materia by Vittorio Montalti at the Festival di Nuova Consonanza in Rome.
6 December 2024
Chigiana International Festival — Roundtable 2024
Alessandro Stella participates in the roundtable "Interpreting, Communicating and Bringing Classics Back to the Audience" at the Chigiana International Festival.
5 October 2024
Five productions submitted for GRAMMY® consideration
Five Extended Place productions submitted for GRAMMY® consideration — across Classical, Jazz, and Production categories.
10 August 2024
Remembering Giya Kancheli — Ninna Nanna per Anna
Today Giya Kancheli would have turned 89. Extended Place recalls the story behind Ninna Nanna per Anna — a version the Maestro created at Alessandro Stella's invitation.
10 August 2024
Four Years of Il Postino — An Anniversary
On this day in 2020, Pietro Roffi and Alessandro Stella recorded Il Postino as their concert encore. Four years later, the recording lives on in the EP Echoes series.
8 July 2024
Interview — Alessandro Stella on Extended Place
MusicVoice talks with pianist and producer Alessandro Stella about the philosophy behind Extended Place and its idea of the record as a set of favourite tracks.
8 July 2024
Extended Place, Where Reproduced Music Finds Refuge
A MusicVoice feature on Extended Place and its catalogue — the EP format, the care for sound and for the printed object.
23 September 2022
New Release: Valentin Silvestrov — 4 Bagatelles Op. 220 (For A. Stella)
Four new Bagatelles that Valentin Silvestrov dedicated to Alessandro Stella — a singular act of artistic dialogue that Extended Place is proud to present.