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1972 – 1976
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
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1986 – 1989
University of Massachusetts, Boston, private lessons with Carl Swift
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1986 – 1993
member of the Metro Jazz Ensemble Boston, widely touring USA, Canada, Poland, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic etc.
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1990 – 1999
teacher of jazz improvisation, saxophone and jazz history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston
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1994
founded the Peter Cardarelli Quartet (Peter Cardarelli – tenor saxophone, Ondrej Krajňák – piano, Jozef Brisuda – double bass, Jozef Döme – drums), with whom he appeared at numerous festivals: Jazz Prešov (1998, 1999, 2000), Bratislava Jazz Days (2000), Jazz Under the Castle – Trenčín (2001), Jazz & Blues Fest Levice (2000), Košice jazz fest, festivals abroad: Bologna Jazz Fest, Montreal Jazz Fest, All American College Jazz Fest, Boston Jazz etc.
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1996 – 1999
teacher at the North Shore Community College, Boston and Chopin Conservatory, Boston
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1998
cooperating with Igor Bázlik writing the jazz cantata The Wail of Jeremiah (music: Igor Bázlik, text: Milan Rúfus, based on the Bible)
Peter Cardarelli is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator who has become a significant figure on the Slovak jazz scene. He was born in Boston and began his musical career in the United States, where he performed with various jazz ensembles and shared the stage with stars such as B.B. King, Maynard Ferguson, and Kool & the Gang. In 1992, he visited Slovakia, where he met his wife Katarína from Banská Bystrica. After several visits, he decided to move to Bratislava in 1999, where he settled and began actively collaborating with local musicians such as Peter Lipa, Gabriel Jonáš and Andrej Šeban. In 2001, he founded the band Comfort Zone, which became known for its original approach to jazz. Cardarelli's music combines traditional jazz with elements of groove, rap, and other genres, as demonstrated by his 2005 album Knights of the Living Groove.