Fabio Cerroni was born in Rome and studied piano, chamber music, and composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, as well as conducting at the Zurich University of the Arts. Since 2007, he has worked at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich as a répétiteur and musical assistant, where he has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Kirill Petrenko, and Vladimir Jurowski.

He has gathered a wealth of teaching experience through his work with members of the opera studio at the Bavarian State Opera, and is also a regular guest lecturer at the opera studio of the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam.

He was worked as a répétiteur and musical assistant with numerous ensembles, festivals and theatres, including the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome), the Puccini Opera festival (Torre del Lago), the Teatro Pavarotti (Modena), Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (Brussels), Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam), the Stanislavsky Theatre (Moscow) and the Teatro Campoamor (Oviedo).

His conducting engagements have led to collaborations such as the CD recording “Ave Maria” with the Roma Sinfonietta and tenor Vittorio Grigolo (Sony Classical). He has conducted a number of productions at the Landestheater Niederbayern (Passau), including Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, Roberto Devereux and the new production of Händel's Xerxes.

He has taught at the Mozarteum University's Opera Department since 2025.