Praised for his “grandeur, rigorous style, and impeccable rhythm,” Dr. Corrado Cavalli has delighted audiences throughout Europe and the United States with acclaimed performances in prominent cathedrals, orchestras, and festivals. A native of Turin, Italy, he has been the organist of St. John Cantius Church in Chicago since June 2015. He earned two Master’s Degrees, one in Organ and another in Choral Conducting and Composition, from the Conservatorio Statale di Musica “G.Verdi” in Turin, where he studied piano, organ, composition, and choral conducting. He also pursued a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Illinois. He attended master classes at The Summer Academy for Organists in Haarlem, the Netherlands. After his MM in organ, he was awarded a grant from the Turin Conservatory for his research in Turin’s organ music between 1850 and 1950. After his MM in choral conducting, his interest in choral music led him to attend the academy for choir conductors Il Respiro è già canto, promoted by the Italian National Choir Federation.
Among his prizes, he won the Conservatory prize, Premio Silipo, for the final grade (summa cum laude) of his MM in organ, the Concorso Nazionale d’Organo Città di Viterbo (Premio Pinchi) in 2007, and the Brownson Fellowship for his doctoral studies in Musical Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
As an organ soloist, he performs in many international festivals and cathedrals in Italy, Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, the U.K., Poland, Principauté de Monaco, Slovakia, and the U.S.A. Among the best-known venues, he has performed in the cathedrals of Paris (F), London (U.K.), Berlin (D), Dublin (Ire), New York, Washington, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, Baton Rouge, Milwaukee, the universities of Princeton, Chicago, and Turin (I).
