born in the united states, cavallari studied piano, composition, ethnomusicology, orchestra conducting and art. after graduating from the music conservatory he took a masters in composition with franco donatoni. cavallari then studied visual art. for the past 20 years he has expressed his art in both music and visual art. he is influenced by the works of salvatore sciarrino, luciano berio, john cage, györgy ligeti and also artists such as jackson pollock, piero manzoni, alighiero boetti and many others.