BIO
Daniele Dori (Siena, 1987), studied at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome (Baccalaureate and Specialist Licentiate in Organ, Baccalaureate in Composition), the Istituto Musicale Pareggiato "F. Vittadini" in Pavia (Diploma in Piano) and the Conservatorio "L. Cherubini" in Florence (Academic Diploma Level II in Composition), perfecting with renowned teachers (G. Parodi, T. Flury, W. Marzilli, V. Miserachs Grau, I. Bianchi, O. Latry, L. Lohmann, G. Gnann, L. Scandali, G. Bovet, A. Turini, R. Becheri).
Since November 2012 he has been Titualar Organist of Florence Cathedral, Organist of the Musical Chapel and teacher of the "Pueri Cantores," the Cathedral's children's choir.
He performs a brilliant and intense concert activity with more than 250 concerts in Italy, France, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Cyprus, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary.
He also collaborates with important soloists such as Andrea Bocelli, Ruben Simeo, Luca Benucci, Eric Terwilliger, Zoltan Kiss and with important musical institutions such as Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Fondazione Guido d'Arezzo, Fondazione Domenico Bartolucci, Ort Orchestra Regionale Toscana.
In November 2015, he was the organist of the National Ecclesial Convention "Florence 2015" playing during Pope Francis' visit to the city of Florence live worldwide on RaiUno.
In 2017 he was a member of the artistic commission for the restoration and expansion of the monumental Mascioni Organ opus 805 in Florence Cathedral.
He is the artistic director of the International Organ Festivals "Harmonia Saeculi" in Radda in Chianti and "VivArmonia" in Incisa Valdarno.
He is director of the San Niccolò Chorale of Radda in Chianti and the Santa Cecilia Chorale of Loro Ciuffenna.
He is National Director of the "Organists" Secretariat and member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Association of Santa Cecilia.
As a composer he composed vocal and instrumental works.
For Elegia Classics he recorded the CD "Tuscan authors of the 18th and 19th centuries - unpublished".
He is regularly invited by Conservatories and Musical Institutes from all over Italy to hold Masterclasses on organ interpretation and on the role of the organist in the Liturgy.
He is a professor of Organ and Theory and Solfeggio at the Music School of Fiesole.
He was professor of Organ and Music theory, rhythmics and notion in the Conservatories of Salerno, Cagliari, Parma and Ferrara.
Since March 2024, he is professor at the Conservatory “G. Rossini" of Pesaro