Composer Giacomo Cataldo's style is eclectic. He has always rejected artificial limitations based on dogmatic precepts. Believing that music is an expressive language, any tool remains viable if it better achieves the composition's objectives. The bulk of his work focuses on the orchestra, including a growing number of pieces which feature solo violin. Choral and solo vocal pieces also form a significant portion of his output. Commentator descriptions of his work: "Cataldo skillfully balances the traditions in which he works with the innovations that he seeks to introduce." "Cataldo's music is immediate and uncontrived, intensely lyrical, taking off with fiery vivacity - spontaneously explosive. Sometimes giving way to a mood of elation."