Paolo Crivellaro



Paolo Crivellaro
After completing his studies in organ and piano in Milan and Basel, Paolo Crivellaro initiated a brilliant career as concert organist in important festivals (Philharmonie Berlin, Grote St. Bavokerk of Haarlem, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Istanbul International Music Festival, Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg, Semana Órganos de Granada, International Festival Sao Paulo-Brazil, Philharmonia Krachowien, Lahti Organ Festival, Vienna Stephansdom, Tokyo Cathedral, etc.) and in the major cities of Europe (Rome, Paris, London, Stockholm, Vienna, Madrid, Helsinki, Oslo, Bruxelles, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Lisbon, etc.). A number of concerts have been broadcasted by National TVs and Radios as well or recorded on CDs.

Crivellaro is regularly invited to hold master-classes for academies and universities as guest professor (Thüringische Orgelakademie, Académie d’Orgue de Fribourg, Accademia di Musica Italiana per Organo di Pistoia, Academia de Órgano en Andalucía, OrganArt of Gothenburg, Tokyo Organ Academy, Sibelius Academy Helsinki, etc.) or in the panel of important organ competitions (Odense, Toulouse, Linz, Innsbruck, Prague, Freiberg, Füssen, Alkmaar, etc.). Since 2001 he is Professor for Organ at the “Universität der Künste” of Berlin.

Between 1978 and 1992 Crivellaro was responsible for the cataloguing of 215 historic organs for the Italian Trust for Artistic and Historical Treasures. His experience in the field of organ history includes lectures and articles, some of them translated for international organ magazines. Recently he has written the entry “Italian Organ” in the “Lexikon der Orgel”, edited by Dr. H. Busch (Laaber 2007).