Pasquale Cafaro entered the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples on 23 December 1735 and studied under Leonardo de Leo as one of his principal teachers. During this period, Leo was an established pedagogue at the conservatory, and Cafaro received formal musical training from him alongside instruction from other masters.
Leonardo de Leo, already renowned within the Neapolitan school, contributed to Cafaro’s development in harmony, counterpoint, and composition. This teacher‑student relationship formed an important part of Cafaro’s early musical education and influenced his later career as both a composer and pedagogue.
