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Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈrɔːta riˈnaldi]; 3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Nino Rota (IPA:), was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti.
May 1, 2024 · Grammy Award (1972) Notable Works: “La strada”. Nino Rota (born December 3, 1911, Milan, Italy—died April 10, 1979, Rome) was an Italian composer of film scores. Rota had composed an oratorio and an opera by age 13. After studies at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute he began writing film scores.
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Giovanni “Nino” Rota, commonly referred to as Nino Rota, was an Italian composer and pianist, born on 3rd December 1911. In a career that spanned close to 46 years, Rota was known mostly for his tremendous capacity to produce large number of film scores in a relatively short period of time.
Overview. Born. December 3, 1911 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Died. April 10, 1979 · Rome, Lazio, Italy (coronary thrombosis) Birth name. Giovanni Rota Rinaldi. Mini Bio. Born in Milan in 1911 into a family of musicians, Nino Rota was first a student of Orefice and Pizzetti.
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May 23, 2018 · Italian composer Nino Rota, best known for his prolific composition of film scores, was also an esteemed music teacher and classical composer who worked on operas, ballets, masses, and orchestral and chamber pieces.
Giovanni Rota Rinaldi, better known as Nino Rota, was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare screen adaptations, and for the first two installments of Francis ...
Italian composer Nino Rota (1911 – 1979) was born into a musical family and was a child prodigy, beginning composing at age 8. He studied at several schools, including the Milan Conservatory. When he was 20, he came to the U.S. and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
