Benedetta Porcedda

Born in Cagliari (Italy), she started her musical studies at a very young age at Conservatorio “Palestrina” in Cagliari with M° Angelo Castaldo graduating summa cum laude, and she recently graduated on her second Master in Organ and Related Keyboards at Academy of Music And Drama in Göteborg under the guidance of prof. Joel Speestra and Karin Nelson. During the same year she also obtained with flying colours a Master in Composition and Improvisation for Teaching purposes and focus from Cagliari’s Conservatory.
She attended numerous masterclasses with Daniel Zaretsky, Emanuele Vianelli, Father Theo Flury and Dan Loonqvist. She also attended the 52nd edition of the “International Organ Festival” in Haarlem, Smarano International Organ Academy in 2021 and 2022, and the Göteborg International Organ Academy in 2020, 2021 and 2022. She attended the CO.LI.MUS. course (Liturgical Musicians Course).
Finalist of the Premio Nazionale delle Arti 2022; she performed as a soloist organist in numerous Organ Festivals in Göteborg (Sweden), Odense (Denmark), Tournai (Belgium), Naples, Rome, Cava de’ Tirreni, Brescia, Chivasso, Pistoia, Garlasco, Cagliari, Sassari; as a Continuo player she worked with “Bizzarria Ensemble” and “DoliArte” orchestra. Since 2023 she has been working as organist on several occasion with the Orchestra and Choir of the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari. She is part of the LabOS (Historical Organs Laboratory). Since 2024 she is the Artistic Committee Coordinator for the Smarano Organ Academy, and the titular organist of Hålta kyrka in Sweden.