Ennio Morricone & Nino Rota

“Ennio Morricone & Nino Rota” film music concerts were held in Belgrade in the hall of the Sava Center, two days in a row on November 7. and 8. 2024.

The audience enjoyed the famous tracks from the cult films “The Godfather”, “Once Upon a Time in America”, “The Good, the Bad, the Bad”, “Octopus”, “Professional” and others.

The original creator of the project was Marcello Rota, a world-renowned conductor who also conducted the concert in Belgrade. The music from the films was performed by soloists who went down in the history of Italian and world cinema and who collaborated closely with Morricone: Nello Salza (trumpet), Ludovico Fulci (piano), Susanna Rigacci (soprano). Under the impeccable leadership of maestro Morricone, they held more than 500 concerts around the world, among which was a concert in the Belgrade Arena in 2009.

It was emotional and wonderful to listen to the works of two legends of world film music, Ennio Morricone & Nino Rota. At the concert dedicated to their creativity, the most important stages of the careers of the two composers were presented, from cult songs of the sixties to melodies written for Sergio Leone’s films and those created for Hollywood.

Marcello Rota, after making his debut with the RAI Symphony Orchestra in Turin, has been working in prestigious concert halls throughout Europe since 1995. He conducted famous world orchestras. Since 2004, he has been the chief guest conductor of the Czech National Symphony

Orchestra.

Soloists

Susanna Rigacci is a Swedish singer of Italian origin – she received her musical education at the Florence Conservatory. She gained world fame thanks to the vocal accompaniment of Morricone’s music in Sergio Leone’s films “The Good, the Bad, the Evil”, “Once Upon a Time in the Wild West”, “A Handful of Dynamite”.

Ludovico Fulci started his career in the field of film music in 1987. First as a pianist and keyboardist, and then as an arranger. He works with great Italian composers to create film soundtracks. In his experience, Fulci has more than 100 films for which he arranged the music. He collaborated with Ennio Morricone, actively participated in the creation of all the composer’s soundtracks.

Nello Salza studied trumpet at the Conservatory in Rome. He is an internationally known Italian trumpeter, he played in over 400 international films, 250 of them with Morricone.

Technical realization by Studio Berar

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