Nicola Piovani
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Nicola Piovani (born 26 May 1946) is an Italian light-classical musician, theater and film score composer. In 1998, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score for Roberto Benigni's film Life Is Beautiful (1997). After high school, Piovani enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome, receiving his degree in piano from the Verdi Conservatory in Milan in 1967, and later studied orchestration under the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis. 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. 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. In 2000, his Academy Award-winning score for Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) was further nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" category, losing to Randy Newman. In 2005, he was a member of the jury at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. In light of his recent work with French directors, notably Danièle Thompson, Philippe Lioret, and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the French Minister of Culture gave him the title of Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on 21 May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival. 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. 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. 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. In 2023, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy. In 2024, Piovani composed the score for Loris Lai's debut feature film, How Kids Roll. Source: Article "Nicola Piovani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
Original Music Composer
Age 78 (now 80)
There's No Place Like Home
Original Music Composer
Age 71 (now 80)
Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini
Original Music Composer
Age 47 (now 80)
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
Original Music Composer
Age 79 (now 80)
Siamo in un film di Alberto Sordi?
as Self
Age 79 (now 80)
Il sangue e la parola - Non la spada ma la parola illumini la via
Original Music Composer
Age 75 (now 80) Il sangue e la parola - Non la spada ma la parola illumini la via
DeAndré#DeAndré - Storia di un impiegato
Music
Age 75 (now 80)
Mi chiamo Altan e faccio vignette
Original Music Composer
Age 73 (now 80)
Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life
Music
Age 72 (now 80)
There's No Place Like Home
Original Music Composer
Age 71 (now 80)
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
Music
Age 70 (now 80)
Nicola Piovani con l'Orchestra Rai
Original Music Composer
Age 69 (now 80)
La visita meravigliosa: Viaggio in Italia sulle tracce di Nino Rota
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
as Self
Age 64 (now 80)
Amore che vieni, amore che vai
Original Music Composer
Age 61 (now 80)
Fellini's TV Advertisements
Original Music Composer
Age 57 (now 80)
Il nostro matrimonio è in crisi
Original Music Composer
Age 55 (now 80)
Kim Novak Is on the Phone
Original Music Composer
Age 47 (now 80)
Per amore, solo per amore
Original Music Composer
Age 47 (now 80)
In nome del popolo sovrano
Original Music Composer
Age 44 (now 80)
Traces of an Amorous Life
Original Music Composer
Age 44 (now 80)
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Original Music Composer
Age 42 (now 80)
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
Original Music Composer
Age 42 (now 80)
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
Original Music Composer
Age 40 (now 80)
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
Original Music Composer
Age 39 (now 80)
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
Original Music Composer
Age 38 (now 80)
The Night of the Shooting Stars
Original Music Composer
Age 36 (now 80)
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Conductor
Age 27 (now 80) The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Original Music Composer
Age 27 (now 80)
Slap the Monster on Page One
Original Music Composer
Age 26 (now 80)
In the Name of the Father
Original Music Composer
Age 25 (now 80)
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
Original Music Composer
Age 78 (now 80)
A che punto è la notte
Original Music Composer
Age 48 (now 80) Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini
Original Music Composer
Age 47 (now 80)
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