Cameron Carpenter in concert at the Duomo of Salerno. Monday 8th July with free admission

The only date in Italy for American organist Cameron Carpenter, a revolutionary and iconic artist who combines traditional performance with his flair for improvisation, will be at the Salerno Cathedral on Monday 8 July.
The choice of the Salerno Cathedral is linked to the presence in the Cathedral of an extraordinary organ that bears the signature of Tamburini. Built by Giovanni Tamburini in 1954, it is a symphonic-eclectic instrument of the Cecilian school, divided into four suspended bodies. The organ, with electric transmission, has 47 registers and is played by means of an independent mobile console located on the floor in the transept, equipped with three keyboards of 61 notes each and a pedal board of 32 notes. The concert, promoted and supported by Scabec Regione Campania as part of the program of cultural events for the Universiade, also allowed a restoration with small restoration interventions of this extraordinary instrument, considered among the most beautiful and performing organs in Italy.
The concert was organized by Maestro Massimo Fargnoli and the Neapolitan Musical Association he presides over. “This is an event of great interest,” explains Fargnoli, “which gives the opportunity to listen to what is considered the most important and virtuoso organist in the world.”
Carpenter will present a predominantly Bachian repertoire, his forte, with pop improvisations rounding out the evening.
Cameron Carpenter, born in Pennsylvania in 1981, trained at the famous Juilliard School in New York with composers and organists Gerre Hancock, John Weaver and Paul Jacobs. He immediately stood out for his extraordinary interpretative skills and for his compositions that relaunched the organ even among the younger audience, who also identified with the unorthodox image of this classical composer. Cameron Carpenter was the first organist to revolutionize the very nature of the instrument thanks to the design and construction of ITO, International Touring Organ, the first transportable monumental organ. He has played as a soloist in the most important theaters in the world including the Royal Albert Hall, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Melbourne Town Hall, Tschaikowsky Hall in Moscow, Davies Hall in San Francisco. His first recordings with Telarc earned him a 2019 Grammy nomination, and in 2011 the Cologne Philharmonie commissioned his first work for organ and orchestra, The Scandal, Op. 3. Today he lives in Berlin, where he regularly performs on the great Schuke organ in the Philharmonie Berlin, when he is not touring the world. For the 2019 Universiade he diverted his tour to stop in Italy, with a unique concert, free and open to all residents as well as to the sports delegations present in Campania these days.