Stefan Bracaval is living in Antwerp, Belgium.
He was born in Mechelen december 9th 1967.
During his childhood, he had a training in CLASSICAL music in his hometown with Rit Schelstraete and he graduaded in 1990 at the Antwerp Royal Conservatory.

As a JAZZ flutist he is self-taught, except for some summerclasses with John Ruocco when he was a teenager. At that time, he also played in a few groups around his hometown, including among others Frank Vaganee, Chris Joris and Bert Lams (who became a protegé of Robert Fripp).
In 1990-1991 he studied at the Brussels Royal Conservatory with Steve Houben.

He then formed his own groups, performing mainly his own compositions:

Elixir (1992 the 1st prize of the "Brussels Jazz Rallye")

Ernst Vranckx - Stefan Bracaval (1994 the SABAM
"Prix Nicolas Dor" for their performance at "Jazz à Liège");
with Ernst Vranckx he made a CD “Aquarelle”and
a radiobroadcast with Kenny Wheeler & John Ruocco

Sumari Flamenco Jazz Project (co-leader with José Toral):
their tours in 2002 & 2004 were well received by press and public

Stefan Bracaval Quartet (with Hendrik Braeckman,
Werner Lauscher & Marc Lehan) 2007.

He also played in the group of Karl van Deun and Stephane Martini “Papagaio” (with Mimi Verderame among others).

Occasionally Stefan performed with Barre Phillips, Deborah Brown, and with the groups of Charles Loos, Chris Joris, Garrett List and most recently with Bert Joris & the Brussels Jazz Orchestra.

Stefan played with people from the WORLD music scene:
Amparo Cortés, Chano Lobato, Weshm (Najib Cherradi),
Moufadhel Adhoum, …

He worked with cats from the POP scene: Hooverphonic,
Jo Lemaire (tour “Une Vie”, the Piaf project lead by Michel Bisceglia),
Vincent Pierins & Cesar Janssens, Savalas (David Poltrock), Wigbert …

He also did studiosessions for FILM music and commercials.

He has taught Jazzflute at The Royal Conservatory of Antwerp and harmony at “Studio Herman Teirlinck”.

At present he teaches at the PopJazz department of the Academy in Grimbergen, Belgium.