Fulvio Caldini (born 1959) is an Italian composer,[1] pianist, and musicologist. Since the 1980s he has created a large body of works, which are generally composed according to minimal principles, showing particular influence from the music of Steve Reich. Caldini has a preference for wind instruments (particularly double reeds in his compositions, frequently writing for his brother Sandro Caldini, who plays the oboe, oboe d'amore, and english horn.