Son of the painter Rino Casadei Turroni, he studied singing and got his bachelor's degree as a musicologist at the Department of Art and Music at Bologna State University.

His debut novel, Moto Perpetuo (Perpetuum Mobile), was a best seller and won the first prize at the 2001 GLBT Art Competition.

[citation needed] In 2007 Casadei Turroni wrote the libretto for an opera, Ceneraccio (Cinderella), taken from old Norwegian tales.

Casadei Turroni also translated poems by Christopher Isherwood into Italian for musical settings by Sylvano Bussotti.

Casadei Turroni is also a political activist in support of the International Lesbian and Gay Association and other LGBT organizations.