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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1946-05-26
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Sound
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  • info Birth Place Rome, Italy
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Don't Worry, I'm Fine

2006-09-06

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Life Is Beautiful

1997-12-20

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Avenue Montaigne

2006-02-15

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The Best Years

2020-02-13

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The Tiger and the Snow

2005-10-14

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Jamon Jamon

1992-09-03

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Utz

1992-03-15

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Pinocchio

2002-10-11

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The Slurb

2001-10-17

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La moglie ingenua e il marito malato

1989-04-17

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Per amore, solo per amore

1993-10-29

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The Son's Room

2001-03-09

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L'appassionata

1989-04-14

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In the Name of the Father

1971-10-12

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The Marquis of Grillo

1981-12-23

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The Cézanne Affair

2009-12-03

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The Tit & the Moon

1994-03-29

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Morel's Invention

1974-01-01

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Victory March

1976-03-12

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Camere da letto

1997-01-01

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Kaos

1984-11-23

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The Perfume of the Lady in Black

1974-03-29

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It's Happening Tomorrow

1988-05-18

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Disamistade

1988-09-25

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Uomo d'acqua dolce

1997-02-14

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Lord of the Ants

2022-09-08

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The Voice of the Moon

1990-03-05

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Shooting VS Shooting

2011-04-07

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La mia generazione

1996-09-27

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Cherry on the Cake

2012-04-13

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Una gita a Roma

2017-05-04

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La fame e la sete

1999-03-19

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Il nostro matrimonio è in crisi

2002-02-22

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The Mountain

1990-11-07

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Traces of an Amorous Life

1990-09-13

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Viper

2000-05-11

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Manifesto

1988-01-27

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There's No Place Like Home

2018-02-14

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I cammelli

1988-09-19

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Hammamet

2020-01-09

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Golden Balls

1993-09-24

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The Professor

1986-09-12

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The Professor

1986-09-12

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Welcome

2009-03-11

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Anaïs in Love

2021-09-15

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Kaos

1984-11-23

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Secrets Secrets

1985-03-15

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DeAndré#DeAndré - Storia di un impiegato

2021-09-01

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I limoni d'inverno

2023-11-30

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Non è una bufala

2018-06-01

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I Fratelli De Filippo

2021-12-13

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Nemici d'infanzia

1995-11-04

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Banana

2015-01-15

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In nome del popolo sovrano

1990-12-21

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The Mass Is Ended

1985-11-15

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Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno

1984-12-22

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The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

1985-08-30

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Let's Hope It's a Girl

1986-02-06

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Let's Hope It's a Girl

1986-02-06

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Dark Illness

1990-02-22

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Dark Illness

1990-02-22

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Leonora addio

2022-02-17

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Palombella Rossa

1989-09-15

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Intervista

1987-09-28

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Intervista

1987-09-28

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Intervista

1987-09-28

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Ginger and Fred

1986-01-13

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Ginger and Fred

1986-01-13

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Flavia the Heretic

1974-06-14

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12 Directors for 12 Cities

1989-05-22

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Amore che vieni, amore che vai

2007-11-13

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The Light

2004-11-03

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L'ombra cinese

2004-11-16

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Odette Toulemonde

2007-02-07

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La trappola di Maigret

2004-11-15

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Hungry Hearts

2015-01-15

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Le Chef

2012-03-07

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Bologna

1989-01-01

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La carbonara

2000-02-11

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The Big Dream

2009-11-11

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The Confessions

2016-04-21

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The Flying Dutchman

1995-05-11

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Footprints on the Moon

1975-02-01

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Slap the Monster on Page One

1972-10-19

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I Don't Want to Talk About It

1993-05-20

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The Soup

1981-02-20

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In the Highest of Skies

1977-09-23

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'o Re

1989-01-27

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Sun of the Hyenas

1977-05-17

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Fit to Be Untied

1975-01-13

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I Don't Want to Talk About It

1993-05-20

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La seconda ombra

2000-04-29

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A Month by the Lake

1995-09-11

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Una questione privata

1993-07-16

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No Dogs or Italians Allowed

2023-01-25

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All at Sea

2011-03-11

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Living Naked

1993-05-26

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Leap Into the Void

1980-02-14

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I 7 Re di Roma

1989-01-01

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Accattaroma

2024-05-09

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Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

2016-11-15

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In arte Nino

2016-12-07

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Bad Kid

1995-09-14

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Lenin: The Train

1990-04-30

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My Paper Dolls

2023-07-13

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Good Morning, Babylon

1987-05-13

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Running Free

1999-11-11

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Sams in Gefahr

2003-12-10

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Una festa esagerata

2018-03-22

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Night Sun

1990-05-15

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Australia

1989-09-13

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The Impostor

1997-05-22

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Caro diario

1993-10-12

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The Night of the Shooting Stars

1982-09-16

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Finché notte non ci separi

2024-08-29

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Vermisat

1974-10-19

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Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life

2018-10-04

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Trent'anni di oblio

1999-11-19

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Santo Stefano

1997-08-28

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The Traitor

2019-05-23

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Kim Novak Is on the Phone

1994-02-15

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L'amore non perdona

2015-03-11

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La vita in gioco

1975-09-22

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The Seagull

1977-07-02

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The Seagull

1977-07-02

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The Siege of Venice

1991-11-14

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Strange Place for an Encounter

1988-05-26

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Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten

2019-11-21

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The Eyes, the Mouth

1982-09-10

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The Perfume of the Lady in Black

1974-03-29

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Daydreams

2017-02-15

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The Man in Grey

1997-11-24

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The Mafia is white

2005-11-02

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Amok

1993-10-09

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A che punto è la notte

1994-04-07

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The Bride Was Beautiful

1987-08-13

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Il nostro Eduardo

2020-12-25

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Out of Life

1991-05-15

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The Magic Screen

1982-05-15

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Queen to Play

2009-08-05

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La soule

1989-02-08

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Daniele and Maria

1973-02-16

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The Istambul Train

1980-03-25

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Lenin... The Train

1988-11-30

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Linda e il brigadiere

1997-04-06

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Adrian

2019-01-21

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L'ultimo Papa Re

2013-04-08

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Come quando fuori piove

2000-10-29

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Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini

1994-02-01

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A che punto è la notte

1994-12-14