Carlos Adão "Cadão" Volpato (born December 28, 1956) is a Brazilian musician, artist, journalist and writer.

Cadão Volpato was born in São Paulo in 1956, and graduated in Journalism at the ECA-USP and in social science at the FFLCH-USP.

From 1991 to 1994, and again from 2010 to 2012 he hosted the program Metrópolis in TV Cultura (initial episodes with him also featured his then-girlfriend, Lorena Calábria).

[8] His eighth book, Os Discos do Crepúsculo, a collection of chronicles in which he comments about his favorite bands, singers and records, was released on March 27, 2017 through Numa Editora.

[9] As of January 4, 2017, Volpato serves as the director of the Centro Cultural São Paulo, appointed by mayor João Doria.