Rossana Cauti | SIU

Italian-Brazilian violist and conductor Dr. Rossana Cauti is an active soloist and chamber musician who performs across Europe, Latin America and the United States. She is the Assistant Professor of Practice (viola) and Director of String Orchestras at Southern Illinois University. Dr. Cauti is the Assistant Principal Viola of the Pensacola Symphony and the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra.

Dr. Cauti is the founder and director of the International Chamber Music Festival “Suoni d’Abruzzo” in Italy and the Director of the Southern Illinois Chamber Music Society.

In 2024 Dr. Cauti started performing for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and will be presenting two lecture recitals at the International Viola Congress in Sāo Paulo, Brazil.

Dr. Cauti has a Doctorate in Music from Florida State University, Masters in Music from Southern Illinois University, Conservatorio Statale d’Musica “Luisa d’Annunzio” di Pescara and Lugano Conservatory in Switzerland, a Bachelors in Business and Economics from LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome and Artist Diplomas from Accademia Internazionale di Musica di Roma and Accademia del Garda in Italy.