Mario Bernardi, CC FRSC (20 August 1930 – 2 June 2013) was a Canadian conductor and pianist.

[1] Bernardi was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario,[1] and spent his first six years in Canada.

After his family moved to Italy,[1] Bernardi studied piano, organ, and composition with Bruno Pasut [it] at the Manzato Conservatory at Treviso and took his examinations at Italy's Venice Conservatory.

[1] After graduating in 1945, his family returned to Canada where he finished his studies at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

[1] In 1968 he became the founding conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa,[1] and also became the music director in 1971.