Staff
Mariafederica Castaldo
President and Artistic Director
Born in Naples, she graduated with honors in Modern Literature in ‘91, under the guidance of Franco Carmelo Greco, professor of Theater History, with a thesis on musical performance in Naples in the second half of the seventeenth century at the Federico II University. With Professor Greco she took her first steps in the professional field: from the organization of exhibitions and musical reviews to journalistic practice for the review of live performances, from the drafting of texts for theater programs to the publication of essays, participating as a speaker at various scientific conferences.
In ‘91 she worked alongside with Vittoria Ottolenghi in organizing the "Maratona per Mozart" dance festival at Villa Campolieto.
In ‘92 she moved to Paris with a scholarship to conduct research on the scenographies created at the Théatre de l'Opéra by well-known contemporary artists, led by Annette Malochet Professor of Art Plastiques at the Sorbonne University.
In '93 she returned to Italy to continue her studies, thanks to a research doctorate which she completed in '95, at the University of Salerno, with a thesis on the performance in music in Naples at the end of the 17th century.
From '96 to '97 she received from the Consortium of Cultural Heritage of Campania COBECAM, an assignment for the cataloguing of both the theatrical archive belonging to the heirs of Raffaele Viviani and the theatrical fund: manuscripts, paintings, photographs etc. of the National Museum of San Martino in Naples .
At the same time as teaching literary subjects and Latin in high schools, in ‘97 she designed and founded, together with the orchestra leader Antonio Florio, the musicologist Dinko Fabris, with the legal advice of Marco Rossi, the cultural association Pietà de’ Turchini Centre for Early Music, transformed into a private law Foundation in 2010. In her role as member of the board of directors and general manager and member of the artistic committee of the Centre for Early Music, she deals with the planning and programming of musical, scientific, editorial and educational activities, and is delegated to represent the Foundation within the REMA, European Early Music Network, the EMW the European Mozart Ways, as well as to look after the relations with Italian and European universities, cultural institutes, theaters and musical and scientific institutions in Italy and Europe, with the aim of promoting and disseminating scientific and editorial projects and the musical productions that the Foundation elaborates and produces. In 2010 she was the artistic coordinator and head of institutional relations for the first edition of the Muse Salentine Festival, which took place in some hamlets of extraordinary beauty in Salento in Puglia. The Festival created and chaired by Charles Adriaenssen, owner of the OUTHERE record group, had Roberto Festa as the artistic director, founder and director of the Renaissance music ensemble Daedalus. Since 2019 she is President of the Pietà de' Turchini Foundation.
presidenza@turchini.it | direzione@turchini.it
Marco Rossi
General Manager
Born in Naples, he graduated in Law at the Federico II University and began his legal activity by collaborating in the office of Prof. Giovanni Verde. Subsequently, he makes use of the experience gained in a family business, in the construction industry. As a consequence of personal research and interests in the management of non-profit organizations field, in ‘97, he offered his own legal advice and participated in the foundation of the Pietà de’ Turchini Centre for Early Music together with the theater historian Federica Castaldo, the orchestra leader Antonio Florio and the musicologist Dinko Fabris.
Convinced of the Foundation's growth and development prospects, he decided to devote himself to its administrative management, to the institutional relations and relations with the public administration. With his substantial contribution he succeeded in a few years, to accredit the Centre for Early Music, of which he is president from 2003 to 2018, among the most prestigious concert organizations on the national and international scene. As President of the Association first and then of the Foundation, he promoted and designed with the architect Klaus Schuwerk the restoration of the former Church of Santa Caterina da Siena, a prestigious 17th century architectural complex that houses the “Pietà de’ Turchini Centre for Early Music”. Consequently, he also promoted the urban redevelopment of the road axis of Piazzetta Cariati and Santa Caterina of Siena Sreet, entrusting the design task to Prof. Arch. Riccardo Dalisi. The concert with the BAPSAE Superintendence of Naples and suburbs, gave significant impetus to the restoration of the Court Theater of Palazzo Reale. All the listed restorations were carried out mostly thanks to the financial contribution of the Compagnia di San Paolo of Turin, the key partner of many activities and initiatives carried out by the Centre. From 2000 to 2011 he was treasurer secretary and board counselor of the Baroque Orchestra, Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini, in charge of institutional relations. He inspired the establishment of the trade association Sistema Musica e Danza - Campania adhering to the Agis Regional Union, of which he was elected president from June 26, 2007 to February 24, 2011, contributing with original ideas to the conception of new projects, and offering new contents to the cultural and political debate on live performance. He also actively contributed to the elaboration of the Framework Law n.6 / 2007 on live performance, approved by the Campania Region. With an original project entitled Re.
Crea Creative Residence for artists, actors, musicians, he obtained the assignment for the Foundation of the sixteenth-century Church of San Rocco of Chiaia for which he presented, obtaining approval, a conservative restoration project that was fulfilled in 2014 with funds from the Compagnia di San Paolo of Turin. In 2012 he founded together with Federica Castaldo a youth ensemble on original instruments called Talenti Vulcanici. The ensemble brings together skilled young people from the national and international territory, for whom it organizes high-level professional training courses aimed at concert performance.
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Elena Esposito
Secretary-Treasurer
Treasurer secretary of the Foundation, for which she deals with general accounting. She has over 20 years of experience in management and accounting of European, ministerial and regional funds.
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Paologiovanni Maione
Professor of History of Music and History and Aesthetics of Music at the Conservatorio di Musica San Pietro a Majella in Naples, he is a member of the scientific committee of the Centro de Estudos Musicais Setecentistas em Portugal “Divino Sospiro” in Lisbon; the Centro interdisciplinare di Cultura italiana (CiCi) at Universität Leipzig; ARPREGO (“Archivio pregoldoniano”) at the University of Santiago de Compostela; and the Fondazione Pergolesi-Spontini in Jesi. He also serves on the committee for the national edition of Domenico Cimarosa’s commedie per musica. From 1998 to 2003, he was part of the editorial board of the Rivista Italiana di Musicologia and from 2004 to 2009 he sat on the board of the Società Italiana di Musicologia as head of the “conferences” section. Since 2020 he has been on the board of AIRDanza, and since 2021 he has been music director of the Museum Complex of Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco in Naples. He is also a member of the scientific committees of the journals Kinetès, Caderno de Queluz, and Sinestesie, as well as of the series Chorégraphie. Ricerche sulla danza (LIM).
He is the author of several volumes, including “Onesto divertimento, ed allegria de’ popoli”. Materiali per una storia dello spettacolo a Napoli nel primo Settecento (Milan, Ricordi, 1996); La cappella musicale del Tesoro di San Gennaro di Napoli tra Sei e Settecento (Naples, Turchini Edizioni, 2008); Francesco Oliva, Lo castiello saccheato. Commeddea. In appendice Francesco Oliva – Pietro Trinchera, L’Emilia. Commedia per musica (Venice, lineadacqua, 2015); Carlo Goldoni, L’impresario delle Smirne (Venice, Marsilio, 2018). He has also edited numerous books, including Domenico Cimarosa: un “napoletano” in Europa (Lucca, LIM, 2004); Storia della musica e dello spettacolo a Napoli. Il Settecento(Naples, Turchini Edizioni, 2009; German translation Kassel, Bärenreiter, 2010); Le stagioni di Niccolò Jommelli (Naples, Turchini Edizioni, 2018); Serenata and Festa Teatrale in 18th Century Europe (Vienna, Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag, 2018); Storia della musica e dello spettacolo a Napoli. Il Seicento (Naples, Turchini Edizioni, 2019). His essays have appeared in journals such as Studi pergolesiani / Pergolesi Studies, Mozart-Jahrbuch, Musica/Realtà, Rivista Italiana di Musicologia, Analecta Musicologica, Fonti Musicali Italiane, Recercare, Römische Historische Mitteilungen, Napoli nobilissima, Studi Musicali, Problemi di critica goldoniana, Rivista di Letteratura Teatrale, Studi goldoniani, Anuario Calderoniano, Drammaturgia, Il Risorgimento, Venezia Arti, Atti e Memorie, as well as in numerous collective volumes. He has presented papers at conferences organized by European, American, and Asian institutions.
His contribution to the artistic and scientific programming of the Fondazione Pietà de’ Turchini has, for many years, been of extraordinary importance. Together with Federica Castaldo, he has designed musical productions for the ensemble Talenti Vulcanici, concert series within the seasons of Pietà de’ Turchini, recordings, international scholarly conferences, and publications for Turchini Edizioni—always with tireless dedication and an unparalleled originality of vision.
Giuliana Carbone
Design consultant
Class 93, after his classical studies he graduated cum laude in Management of Cultural Heritage at the University of Naples "Federico II" with a thesis dedicated to the Educational programs of the Teatro di San Carlo.
Deeply convinced that contamination and transversal thinking are fundamental elements in his career, he participates in the training programs of the MAXXI Museum in Rome (Digital Think-In Lab, Legislation and Management of Cultural Heritage) aimed at professionals in the cultural sector.
He develops his organizational skills by becoming part of the team of Kaos Produzioni as responsible for coordination and production, collaborating in the creation of multimedia installations for public bodies and institutions such as the Museum of Capodimonte, the National Library of Naples, the Municipality of Anacapri, and private.
From 2018 he began his collaboration with the Fondazione Pietà de' Turchini as a consultant for design and communication, as well as as as artistic coordinator of the Ensemble Talenti Vulcanici. Since 2024, she has been Assistant to the Artistic Director and a member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors.
The discipline and the will to always play that characterize his approach to work has developed them thanks to the theater: in 2012 he graduated as an actress at the Laboratory Theatre Studio "Arte Tempra", under the guidance of Clara Santacroce and Renata Fusco. He continued his artistic development with national and international professionals such as Glauco Mauri and Roberto Sturno, Michele Monetta and Lina Salvatore, Sonia Bergamasco, Sarasole Notarbartolo and Pierpaolo Sepe, Arianna D'Angiò, Chiara Alborino and Fabrizio Varriale. She is a member of the cultural association "Temprart", with which she has worked for years as an actress and assistant director, as well as with "The Beggars' Theatre - Teatro dei Mendicanti" by Mariano Bauduin.
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Margherita Rossi
Assistant for International Projects, Publishing and the Third Sector
During her law studies at the University of Naples Federico II, she deepened her study of the international protection of human rights while on an Erasmus exchange at the Université Grenoble Alpes. She subsequently completed the research for her Constitutional Law thesis on freedom of expression in the digital age as a visiting researcher at the Cyberjustice Laboratory of the Université de Montréal, graduating with honours. In 2026 she obtained a Master of Arts in European Interdisciplinary Studies at the College of Europe (Natolin campus, Warsaw). Her focus lies in European migration and asylum policy, development cooperation and human rights in international relations. Her thesis, on the obligations arising from the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, received recognition from the College of Europe as a thesis of particular merit. That same year, she was among the College's Italian students awarded a prize by the Department for European Policies of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers. At Natolin, she helped launch the student initiative WeNatolinians4Gaza. In 2021 she was among the founding members of Turchini per il Sociale, a social enterprise promoting territorial regeneration and social inclusion through culture in southern Italy. There she conducts legal research on Third Sector legislation and supports the design of cultural initiatives, including a project funded by Invitalia. Her interests include fundamental rights, migration and asylum law and policy, and social inclusion.
Serena Zamparelli
Artistic and organizational coordinator
After completing classical studies, she graduated from the University of Naples Federico II in Archaeology and History of the Arts, with a thesis in Modern Art History devoted to Luca Signorelli, supervised by Professor Francesco Caglioti.
She immediately began collaborating with some of Naples’ most important museums, working in museum management and education. In 2020 she obtained the qualification of Art Advisor through the advanced training course in Economics and Management of Cultural Heritage – Art Systems, Advisory and Market at “Lettera I” in Bologna.
Since 2022 she has been part of the staff of the Museums of the Royal Palace of Portici. In the same year, for four editions, she served as assistant to the artistic coordination and organizational secretariat of the Spinacorona – Passeggiate Musicali Napoletane Festival, a chamber music festival founded and directed by Michele Campanella.
Deeply passionate about art and literature, for over ten years she has been engaged in the study and dissemination of artistic heritage, with a particular focus on the Neapolitan and Vesuvian territories.
Stefano Demicheli
Stefano Demicheli is an internationally acclaimed harpsichordist, organist, and conductor. A pupil of Ottavio Dantone, he completed his studies with Emilia Fadini, Lars-Ulrik Mortensen, Lorenzo Ghielmi, and Jean-Claude Zehnder. Early in his career, he performed with leading Baroque ensembles, including Il Giardino Armonico, Accademia Bizantina, Freiburger Barockorchester, Concerto Köln, and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. He has collaborated with renowned conductors including Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Giovanni Antonini, and Ivor Bolton. Personally chosen by René Jacobs as his assistant, a role he held for nearly a decade, Demicheli took part in major opera productions across Europe. In recent years, he has expanded his activity as an opera conductor; most notably he conducted Vivaldi’s Giustino with great success at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. He has served as principal conductor of Academia 1750 in Barcelona and is currently music director of Talenti Vulcanici in Naples. From 2025 he will succeed Sergio Balestracci as conductor of the choir La Stagione Armonica in Padua. A passionate educator, he regularly gives masterclasses internationally, including at McGill "University, Tafelmusik, and the Urbino Early Music Festival (FIMA).
Salvatore Murru
Salvatore Murru studied piano with Maestro Ida Nota, graduating from the “D. Cimarosa” Conservatory in Avellino. He later studied composition with Maestro Tomei and completed his diploma at the “S. Pietro a Majella” Conservatory in Naples with top marks. He works both as a composer and as a teacher.
As an educator, he teaches at the 48th State Primary School Madre Claudia Russo in Barra/Ponticelli, where for several years he has directed a children’s choir that has taken part in numerous events and competitions. He currently leads the choir Voci del ’48, founded on the initiative of the 48th State Primary School, as well as the San Rocco Children’s Choir, created through the project Liberi di Cantare promoted by the Pietà de’ Turchini Foundation. Together, the choirs he conducts bring together more than 50 children.
Francescopaolo Ventriglia
A chartered accountant and management consultant, he holds a degree in Economics from the University of Naples Federico II and has been professionally qualified since 1989. He is the principal of Studio Ventriglia di Cappellanoti and has developed extensive experience in strategic, corporate and financial consulting, management control, investment evaluation, and corporate restructuring for public bodies and private companies.
He has held several senior institutional and governance roles, including Director General and President of the Evaluation Unit of the Municipality of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Sole Administrator of Terme di Stabia SpA, and consultant to the Campania Regional Government. He currently serves as Court-Appointed Liquidator of the Single Basin Consortium of the Provinces of Naples and Caserta.
He has been actively involved in professional accounting bodies at both local and national levels and has pursued a long academic career as lecturer at the University of Salerno. He is the author of several publications in the field of business economics and management.
Attilio Doria
He was born in Naples on October 8, 1961.
In March 1984, he graduated in Law from the University of Naples (now Federico II) with highest honors (summa cum laude). Since 1988 he has been a member of the Naples Bar Association.
Since 2005 he has been qualified to practice before the Court of Cassation and the higher courts, and he also appears before the European Court of Human Rights. He has an excellent command of both English and French.
He is co-owner of the law firm Studio Legale Doria, founded in 1945 by his father, Avv. Teodoro Doria, and today established as the Professional Association Studio Legale Avv. T. Doria, based in Naples at Via G. Bausan 36. The association relies on the collaboration of several professionals across various branches of law.
His professional practice, both litigation and consultancy, focuses on real estate, commercial, corporate, inheritance, and family law. He has contributed to the writing of several books, including the handbook Il decreto ingiuntivo (Cedam, 2010) and Il nuovo formulario dei contratti (Celt, 2013).
He provides legal advice and both judicial and extrajudicial assistance to leading companies in Campania, particularly in the real estate and manufacturing sectors.
He is a member of the Human Rights Commission of the Naples Bar Association.
A passionate lover of classical music, he regularly attends chamber and symphonic concerts as well as opera performances in Italy and abroad.
Pasquale Sorrentino
Professional Profile
Partner of CHG and Palazzo Caracciolo S.p.A., companies that own and manage the MGallery Palazzo Caracciolo Napoli and Hotel Britannique Napoli, affiliated with the Hilton chain.
Work and Professional Experience
January 2001 – Present
Moccia Irme S.p.A. – Naples
Real Estate Division
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Development of various real estate initiatives in the logistics, commercial, and office sectors, mainly involving the redevelopment of disused industrial areas owned by the group.
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Management of the group’s property portfolio.
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Conducting interviews and verifying credentials of potential tenants.
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Managing and expanding both the client base and the real estate portfolio.
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Assessing risks of real estate operations and related legal aspects.
January 1996 – January 2000
V. Sorrentino e Figlio S.r.l. – Naples
Chief Executive Officer
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Redevelopment and conversion of the company’s industrial properties.
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Marketing of properties for rental purposes.
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Management of the client portfolio.
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Administrative, accounting, tax, and financial management of the company.
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Overall coordination of the company and legal representation.
January 1987 – January 1996
V. Sorrentino e Figlio S.p.A. – Pagani (SA)
Commercial Director
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Management and expansion of the client base in the large-scale retail, pharmaceutical, and hospital distribution sectors.
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Expansion of the company’s product range in medical supplies.
Education and Training
1986 – University of Naples Federico II
Degree in Economics and Commerce, awarded with 110/110 cum laude.
Thesis in Commercial Law: Contributions in kind in joint-stock companies (S.p.A.).
1979 – Liceo Scientifico G. Mercalli, Naples
High School Diploma in Scientific Studies, final grade: 50/60.
Language Skills
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Italian – Native
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English – B2 (Upper Intermediate)
Hobbies and Interests
I love the Mediterranean—its cultures, landscapes, and cuisine.
I enjoy sailing, swimming, and diving in its blue waters.
I value my family, my friends, and my dog.
I love art, playing tennis, Roger Federer, classical music, peace, history, and intelligent, honest people.
Naples, June 30, 2023
Pia Baldassarre
Born in Naples in 1964, where she currently resides, she obtained her classical high school diploma before graduating in Law with a thesis on the protection of employment in the transfer of journalistic and publishing companies (1988).
She continued her studies both in Italy—earning the title of Specialist in Labor Law from the University of Naples Federico II (thesis on the collective relevance of sexual discrimination and protection techniques, 1992) and a PhD in Comparative Law with a dissertation on wage protection during corporate insolvency (1997)—and in Germany, where she attended the Master’s program in German Law at the Faculty of Law of Humboldt University in Berlin, obtaining the degree of Magister Legum with a thesis on dismissal challenges in employer insolvency (1998).
She has published several articles in specialized legal journals and collective volumes. She has also taught as adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law of Humboldt University of Berlin (1994–2001), at the Faculty of Law of the University of Naples Federico II (2005–2009), and at the Italian Air Force Academy in Pozzuoli (2008–2009).
A lawyer specializing in civil and labor law, she served as bankruptcy trustee at the Court of Naples (2004–2016) and currently works in management and as a legal and corporate consultant. She is fluent in English and German.
She volunteers as a tutor for disadvantaged children at the Church of Santa Maria Egiziaca a Pizzofalcone in Naples. She is married and mother of three children.
Cristiano Zepponi
Born in Rome in 1987, Cristiano Zepponi has been a member of the Italian National Order of Journalists since 2010. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in Contemporary History and a Master’s degree in Political Science, he pursued his vocation for communication, shaping a career in which academic training and professional practice have always blended fruitfully and successfully.
He further refined his expertise with two postgraduate Master’s degrees (in Institutional Communication and Digital Marketing, obtained at the Universities of Tor Vergata and LUMSA), which enriched both his digital know-how and his institutional background. This background had already been consolidated through long-standing collaborations with some of the most renowned non-profit organizations at the national level. Alongside his dual personal interest in the non-profit sector and in the digital world—particularly web and social media—he has developed in-depth knowledge of the concrete realities of the social sector, which he supports daily in managing web communication and in developing effective, up-to-date digital marketing strategies.
Today, Cristiano Zepponi continues this commitment by assisting and advising various organizations, associations, companies, and foundations across Italy in shaping and implementing their digital communication policies.
Raffaella Grimaldi
She is a professional journalist and attended the Biennial Master’s Degree in Journalism at Suor Orsola Benincasa University. Winner of the Giancarlo Pignone National Journalism Award 2022, she completed her professional training through internships at the national news agency Adnkronos in Rome and at Corriere del Mezzogiorno in Naples. She holds a degree in Languages and Intercultural Communication from the University of Naples “L’Orientale” and has gained international experience in the field of language tourism and in teaching Spanish and French. She has published an essay entitled A Differently Fascist City in the volume Naples in the Fascist Era, edited by Paolo Mieli and published by Suor Orsola Benincasa. She currently manages the Press Office of the Fondazione Pietà de’ Turchini in Naples.
ufficiostampa@turchini.it
Alessia Della Ragione
Alessia has always had a clear vision. As a child, her favorite pastime was using up all the film rolls in her father’s camera, taking pictures of her grandmother and documenting her daily life. Almost unknowingly, she nurtured her passion by capturing architecture, landscapes, and unusual details.
She enrolled at the University of Naples “L’Orientale,” but after taking several exams without much satisfaction, she decided to leave and devote herself entirely to her true passion: photography.
She began working in the field of communication both as a photographer and as a graphic designer. After a couple of years, feeling the need to deepen her knowledge, she enrolled at Ilas – Istituto Superiore di Comunicazione, where she graduated with top marks in photography and graphic design.
Today, she works as a photographer and graphic designer at Sokan Communication.
