Luigi Verdi (born November 24, 1958 in Rome) is an Italian composer, musicologist and orchestra conductor.
He studied at the "Martini" Conservatoire in Bologna and "Rossini" Conservatoire in Pesaro, graduating in Composition, Instrumentation, Choir and Orchestra Conducting. His musicological writings include articles and monographic essays, particularly dealing with the relations between music and painting; his treatise of musical theory Organizzazione delle altezze nello spazio temperato (1998) deals with the study of various combinatorial possibilities of pitches, according to systematic rules. In Caleidocicli musicali. simmetrie infrante dei suoni (2006) he develops the concept of a musical kaleidocycle, as result of a vertical musical structure changing into a horizontal. He used kaleidocycles for composing works based on chords that connects with others according to prearranged transposition levels. He is Professor of Composition at the "Santa Cecilia" Music Conservatoire in Rome.