Stephan Moccio is a Canadian composer, producer, pianist, arranger, conductor and recording artist.
16 Facts About Stephan Moccio
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Stephan Moccio was a producer on the Weeknd's album Beauty Behind the Madness, which was nominated for Album Of The Year at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Stephan Moccio co-wrote Miley Cyrus' single "Wrecking Ball" from her 2013 studio album Bangerz.
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Stephan Moccio has collaborated with a diverse roster of artists including Avril Lavigne and Andrea Bocelli as a songwriter, musician and producer.
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Stephan Moccio was born to an Italian-Canadian father and a French-Canadian mother.
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Stephan Moccio enrolled at the University of Western Ontario where he studied performance and classical piano studies under instructors John Paul Bracey and Jack Behrens.
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Stephan Moccio spent many months in writing sessions in Nashville, Los Angeles, and New York during these years, which culminated in a lengthy catalogue of songs as musician, songwriter, producer and composer.
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In 2001, Stephan Moccio began work on a melody that would become the chart-topping single "A New Day Has Come" recorded by Celine Dion, released on her album, of the same name in February 2002.
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Stephan Moccio soon moved into his state-of-the-art recording studio in downtown Toronto, where he continued to write, record, produce for both his solo projects and various collaborations with recording artists.
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In 2008 Stephan Moccio teamed up with songwriter Alan Frew to write "I Believe", the theme song of CTV's and Rogers Media's Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
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In February 2010, Stephan Moccio signed a Worldwide Publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group.
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In 2012, Stephan Moccio was one of the judges of the Canadian reality show, Canada's Got Talent.
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In June 2019, Stephan Moccio was honoured by the University of Western Ontario with a Doctor of Music, honoris causa degree.
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In November 2019, Stephan Moccio signed a worldwide record deal with Decca Records.
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Stephan Moccio is a Yamaha Artist and performs exclusively on Yamaha Pianos.
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Stephan Moccio's album Lionheart was a Juno Award nominee for Instrumental Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023.