Sergio Orabona - Organ

Born in 1978 in Naples. Following in his parents’ footsteps, he studied music at a very young age. In 1998 he graduated in Organ and Composition with highest honors under the guidance of Maestro Vincenzo De Gregorio. He then continued his studies with Arturo Sacchetti, Daniel Roth, Harald Vogel, and at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome with Giancarlo Parodi. In 2000 he obtained diplomas in Piano and Choral music and Choral Conducting .

In 1994 he recorded a CD published by the “Terzo Millennio” record label and he dedicated it to the author of the Neapolitan School of Pipe Organ at the Thomas De Martino organ (1750), based in Naples’ Cathedral. From 1995 to 2001 he was organist at the Naples Cathedral and at the Anglican Church of Naples.  As an International concert organist, he performed in the most important churches in Italy (Naples Cathedral, Ragusa Cathedral), France (Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne-sur-mer, Alpe d’Huez), Germany (Fulda Cathedral, Ingolstadt Münster), Poland (Warsaw Cathedral), Switzerland (St. Gallen Cathedral), Luxenburg, Austria, Portugal (Porto Cathedral), Croatia (Zagreb Cathedral), Netherlands, Belgium. In North America he performed in New York (St. Thomas Church), Washington (National City Christian Church), Chicago (St. John Cantius), Toronto (Metropolitan United Church), Buffalo (Westminster Presbyterian Church) and Milwaukee. He has also made ​​radio recordings, including previously unreleased tracks by Francesco Durante, Giovanni Fumo and Carlo Cotumacci for the Bavarian Radio.

Since 2012 he is organist at St. Nikolaus Kirche in Stuttgart, and artistic director of the Internationales Stuttgarter Orgelfestival. He is also a member of the Organ Association “Giovanni Maria Trabaci”.