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The Italian organist, organ restorator and organ teacher, Emanuele Cardi, received his diploma with full marks and honours in Organ Performance and Organ Composition with Wijnand van de Pol at the “F. Morlacchi” Conservatory in Perugia, he then studied Baroque and Renaissance organ repertoire as a post graduate student. He obtained also the “Academic Degree in Organ Performance” always with full marks and honours. He got also diplomas in Harpsichord, Piano and Choir conducting.
Emanuele Cardi is organist and choirmaster at the Ghilardi organ (1996) and Carli organ (2004) of St. Maria della Speranza’s church and Sanctuary in Battipaglia, two of the best known instruments in the international contemporary organ-building school.
Interested in the restoration of ancient organs, Emanuele Cardi has been specifically studying 16th- and 17th-century Neapolitan organbuilding and organ music for many years. He has written several articles for music & industry journals, participated in conferences and served as a consultant in the restoration of historical organs and building of new ones. As an organist, he has concertized Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, England, Ireland, Norway, Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Swiss, Spain, Hungary, Russia, USA, Brazil and Uruguay, playing some of the most famous Europeans organs among which St. Thomas in NewYork, cathedrals of Passau, Friburg, Losanne, London, Bruxelles, Turku, Lund, St. Francisco and others. Guest professor at the Moscow Conservatory and St. Petersburg, has performed in major concert halls in Russia, including the philharmonic orchestras of St. Petersburg, Ufa, Kazan,Yekaterinburg, Perm, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, till to Irkutsk. He also performed several inaugural concerts, among which the one for the restoration of the great Organ at the Redemptorists’ Church in Belfast and the Aeolian-Skinner organ of the First Unitarian Church inWorcester (MA), USA.
Emanuele Cardi taught at Conservatorio di Musica di Stato "A. Corelli" - Messina from 2005 to 2013. Since 2013. he teaches Organ and Organ Composition at the State Music Conservatory in Cosenza (Conservatorio di Musica "S. Giacomantonio" - Cosenza). Since 2012 collaborates with the “Centro di Musica Antica Pietà de’Turchini” at the project “Youth Baroque Ensemble”. He also teaches summer-courses and master-classes on Renaissance and Baroque organ music, and is often a jury member in international organ competitions. He currently lives in Battipaglia, Italy.
Emanuele Cardi has recorded CD's for “La Bottega Discantica”, Priory Records (England) and Brilliant Classics (Holland). |
