NINO ROTA

NİNO ROTA ENSEMBLE
The Nino Rota Ensemble was founded in Italy in 1994 and consists of six female Italian musicians (voice, flute, violin, viola, cello and piano), united in their passion for music and cinema. Since their establishment, the group, known and appreciated in Europe and abroad, has performed at the most prestigious theatres in Sweden (Stockholm and Vaesteros), Portugal (Lisbon and Coimbra), Egypt (Il Cairo and Alexandria), France (Annecy and Lille), Germany (Munich), Croatia (Zagreb and Split), Taiwan (Taipei and other ten cities), Brazil (San Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Juiz de Fora and Rio de Janeiro), Turkey (Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir), Azerbaijan (Baku), Greece (Salonicco, Patrasso, Rhodi), Morocco Cartago (Tunis), Morocco (Casablanca), Cyprus (Limassol, Nicosia, Pathos, Bellapais), Lebanon, Libya and Syria (Beirut, Tripoli and Damascus), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Latvia (Riga) and in the most important Italian theatres.

The musicians have won national and international competitions, attended specialised courses and seminars held by the most celebrated international musicians and composers, and are appreciated as soloists in diverse formations, regularly collaborating with the best Italian orchestras. As the Nino Rota Ensemble, the group present a particular repertoire comprised of compositions by famous Italian and foreign composers such as Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Stelvio Cipriani, Riz Ortolani, Nicola Piovani, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Max Steiner and others. On the occasion of the centenary of the death of Giuseppe Verdi (2001), they performed at the Municipal Theatre in S.Paulo (Brazil), representing Italy, in collaboration with the most famous Italian opera singers, as Cecilia Gasdia, Pietro Ballo, Giorgio Merighi and Fiorenza Cossotto. Their performances have been broadcasted by Portuguese National Television and Lisbon Radio, the National Television of San Paulo, RAI, Vatican Radio and by national and private TVs. The recent compact disc recording of their repertoire in programme is enjoying great success around the world.

Tiziana Santarelli, soprano
Giannina Guazzaroni, violin
Gloria Frontini, flute
Diletta Dell’Amore, oboe and English horn
Daniela Tremaroli, cello
Deborah Vico, piano

REPERTOIRE
N. ROTA: Romeo and Juliet, The Godfather, The Leopard, La Strada Suite, Amarcord, La Dolce Vita, Cabiria’s Nights, Casanova, Boccaccio ’70, Giuliet of Spirits, Le notti bianche, Rocco e i suoi Fratelli, 8-1/2, E. MORRICONE: Once Upon a Time in America, Cinema Paradiso,The Secret of Sahara,Once Upon a Time in the West, Mosè, Falls, Gabriel's oboe and Brothers (from Mission), Duck, You Suckers!, The Untouchables, Per le antiche scale, Metti una sera a cena, Canone Inverso, La Leggenda del Pianista sull’Oceano, E. PIERANUNZI: Fellini’s Waltz, S. CIPRIANI: Anonimo Veneziano, N. PIOVANI: Life is beautiful, R. ORTOLANI: Brother Sun, Sister Moon, M. FABRIZIO: Almeno tu nell’universo (from “Ricordati di me”), A. DE CURTIS: Malafemmena, H. MANCINI: Moon River, G. BARBIERI: Last Tango in Paris, H. ARLEN: Over the Rainbow, L. BACALOV: The Postman, B. BACHARACH: Arthur’s Theme, Gocce di pioggia su di me, J. WILLIAMS: Schindler’s List, F. LAI: Love Story, L. BERNSTEIN: West Side Story, M. STAINER: Gone with the Wind , M. NYMAN: The Piano, G. GERSHWIN: Summertime, H. HUPFELD: As Time Goes By (from Casablanca), P.DELANOE'/C.BOLLING:The Theme from Borsalino, A.L. WEBBER: Memory (from the musical Cats), N.H. BROWN: Singin' in the Rain, J. KANDER: New York, New York, Cabaret, D. PARTON: I will always love you (from “The Bodyguard”), M. JARRE: Unchained Melody (from Ghost), R. SAKAMOTO: The Last Emperor, S. FAIN: Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, J. HORNER: My heart will go on (from Titanic), M. HAMLISH: The way we were , C. VELOSO: Tieta do Agreste, D. VICO: Giulietta’s dream

10 July 2007, Tuesday  - Salamis Antique Theatre- 21.00