Nicola Piovani
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Nicola Piovani (born 26 May 1946) is an Italian light-classical musician, theater and
(1997).Biography
After high school, Piovani enrolled at the
In 1971 and 1973 collaborated for the music of two albums of the songwriter Fabrizio De André: Storia di un impiegato and Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo. In 2008, after De André departure, Piovani wrote the music for the film Amore che vieni, amore che vai, inspired by a novel of De André himself, Un destino ridicolo.[citation needed]
Among his more popular works is the score for the Federico Fellini film Intervista, his second of three collaborations with the famous director, the others being Ginger e Fred (Ginger and Fred in English) and La voce della luna (The Voice of the Moon). Years later, he composed a ballet titled Balletto Fellini.[citation needed]
In 2000, his Academy Award-winning score for
To date, Piovani has over 130 film scores to his credit, including films such as Slap the Monster on Page One (1972), The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974), Flavia the Heretic (1974), Le Orme (1975), A Leap in the Dark (1980) The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982), and Kaos (1984). The music for the latter is considered by many as one of the best film scores ever done.[citation needed] However, he is reported to believe that "Too many film scores make a composer a hack, but in the theatre music is above all craftsmanship". Accordingly, he continues to work in musical theatre, and also composes concert and chamber music.[citation needed]
Piovani also composed the first opera Amorosa presenza on a libretto by Aisha Cerami and Nicola Piovani, based on the novel by Vincenzo Cerami and is performed at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste in January 2022.[citation needed]
In 2023, he was awarded the
In 2024, Piovani composed the score for Loris Lai's debut feature film, How Kids Roll.[2]
References
- ^ "27th Moscow International Film Festival (2005)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- The Hollywood Reporter Roma (in Italian). 9 March 2024. Archivedfrom the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
External links
- Official Nicola Piovani website
- Nicola Piovani at IMDb
- Nicola Piovani at AllMusic
- Nicola Piovani discography at Discogs
- Nicola Piovani discography at MusicBrainz
- Biography of Nicola Piovani
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