Nicola Samale

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Nicola Samale
Conductor

Nicola Samale (born 14 September 1941 in Castelnuovo d'Istria,

conductor
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Biography

Nicola Samale studied 1959–72 at the

provincia di Matera (1997–2000) as well as Artistic Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Catanzaro (2003–04). From 1978 to 1993 he was also professor for conducting at the Conservatory of L'Aquila.

Soundtracks – A tribute to Pino Rucher. The music critic Dario Salvatori introduces composer and orchestra conductor Nicola Samale (flute soloist in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly).

On 16 October 2010 Nicola Samale took part in the event Soundtracks – A tribute to Pino Rucher. The event was sponsored by the Municipal Authorities of San Nicandro Garganico and Manfredonia.
Nicola Samale lives in Ailano

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Works

Nicola Samale composed chamber, orchestral and vocal music as well as five operas. He worked both for pop music and classical music, for example he conducted the R.C.A Orchestra for the Italian singer

Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Martin Sieghart) as well as his completion of the Scherzo from the Unfinished Symphony by Schubert (1988; first performance: 1988, Bari, Orchestra Sinfonica di Bari, Nicola Samale; revised version 2004 with Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs; first performance: 2004, Sarajevo, Sarajevo Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs). His composition Miracolo a Milano recently played an important role in the German movie Drei by Tom Tykwer
(Germany, 2010).

Selected compositions

Opera

  • 67 A.D. (1994–97)
  • Il principe sognatore (1997–99)
  • L' eroico Yi Sun Sin (2000)
  • Il Castello – L'onore dei Morra (1999–2002)
  • L'ultima messa (2004–06)
  • Fichi d'India (2011)

Orchestral music

Vocal music

  • Ave Maria (Soli, Choir and Orchestra)
  • Inno a Padre Pio (Choir and Orchestra)
  • 99 in memoriam (melologo) (Narrator and Chamber-Ensemble)
  • Plenum (Choir and Chamber Orchestra)
  • Unheimlich (unacc. Choir)
  • Miracolo a Milano (unacc. Choir)

Chamber music

  • Burlesca (Cembalo)
  • Diorama (Wind Quintet)
  • Divertimento (Wind Quintet)
  • Hermes (Oboe, 4 Horns, Solo-Horn, Piano and Doublebass)
  • Il futuro mancato (Narrator and Chamber-Ensemble)
  • Libaeralia (Soprano, Narrator and Chamber-Ensemble)
  • Pentalfa 14 (Flute, Alphorn and Percussion)
  • Suite Lirica (No. 2), arranged from Italian arias (Wind Octet)

Arrangements / Orchestrations

References

http://www.delfinierranti.org/index.asp?sez=33&id=11379