Claim: Mauro Cardi (born July 22, 1955, in Rome) is a composer and professor at the Alfredo Casella State Conservatoire of L'Aquila who represented Italy at the Darmstädter Ferienkurs  and won the second prize at the International Competition Gian Francesco Malipiero.
Evidence: In 1984, he attended the Darmstädter Ferienkurse.