Fabio Casadei Turroni

Fabio Casadei Turroni (born November 11, 1964) is an Italian novelist, musicologist and journalist. Son of the painter Rino Casadei Turroni, he studied singing and got his bachelor's degree as a musicologist at the Department of Art and Music at Bologna State University. He then established himself as a lyrical tenor. Casadei Turroni's performing style was highly appreciated by some of the best musicians of the 20th century, but at the age of 38 he gave up performing because of his health troubles, and started writing novels. He currently lives between Bologna and Milan.

Fabio Casadei Turroni
Born	November 1964 (age 56) Forlì, Italy
Occupation	Novelist, musicologist
Nationality	Italian
Period	2001-date
Genre	Novels, poetry, libretti, translation
Notable awards	2001 GLBT Art Competition

His debut novel, Moto Perpetuo (Perpetuum Mobile), was a best seller and won the first prize at the 2001 GLBT Art Competition. His second novel Cosmicomiche Orgasmiche (a clear tribute to Italo Calvino's Cosmicomiche) was published one year after. The third novel Angelo d'Edimburgo was published in 2006. The preface of the novel was written by the writer Roberto Pazzi, and the postface was written by the composer Sylvano Bussotti.

In 2007 Casadei Turroni wrote the libretto for an opera, Ceneraccio (Cinderella), taken from old Norwegian tales. The music was written by Sylvano Bussotti. Casadei Turroni also translated poems by Christopher Isherwood into Italian for musical settings by Bussotti.

Casadei Turroni is also a political activist in support of the International Lesbian and Gay Association and other LGBT organizations.

Fabio Casadei Turroni (left) together with Maestro Sylvano Bussotti and violinist Luca Paoloni (right) after a concert at Lyceum in Florence, Italy

writer Roberto Pazzi (left), painter Rino Casadei Turroni (center), Fabio Casadei Turroni (right) in Bologna, 2006