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Who are we
The Nino Rota Ensemble founded in 1994, is composed of musicians united by the same passion
for music and cinema. It is a sestet comprising vocals, the flute, violin, viola, violoncello, and piano.
Since its foundation the group has carried out an intense programme of concerts,
making a name for itself, both for its ability and originality in Europe and in countries abroad, with
performances in the most prestigious theatres in Sweden (Stockholm, Vaestros),
Portugal (Lisbon, Coimbra), Egypt (Cairo, Alexandria), Germany
(Munich of Bavaria), France (Annecy and Lille), Croatia (Zagreb, Split), Greece
(Patras, Rodi, Salonicco), Turkey (Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir), Azerbaijan
(Baku), Taiwan (Taipei and other ten cities), Brazil (San Paulo,
Belo Horizonte, Juiz del Fora, Rio de Janeiro), Tunisia (Cartagine), Morocco
(Casablanca), Cyprus (Limas Sol, Nicosia, Pathos, Bellapais), Lebanon,
Libya and Syria (Beirut, Tripoli, Damascus), Luxemburg (Luxemburg).
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Among the numerous performances held by the ensemble, in various parts of the
world, particular emphasis must be given to the concerts on occasions of the inauguration of the
international cinematographic festivals of which those at Salonicco, Annecy, Villerupt, Stockholm
and Luxemburg are included.
The musicians comprising the ensemble are winners of national and international contests, have frequented
specialisation courses and seminars with the most celebrated international Maestros, and are renowned
and appreciated soloists in various chamber music formations, steadily collaborating with the best Italian
orchestras.
With the Nino Rota Ensemble, they present a particular repertoire, performing
the most celebrated compositions of great Italian and foreign Maestros, such as Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone,
Stelvio Cipriani, Riz Ortolani, Nicola Piovani, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Max Steiner and others,
in original arrangements, adapting this interesting repertoire to the ensemble.
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On occasion of the centenary celebration of the death of Giuseppe Verdi in 2001, they undertook a series of concerts,
representing Italy, at the prestigious Teatro Municipal (municipal theatre) of San Paolo in Brazil, in collaboration
with some of the most celebrated names in Italian opera.
Apart from different disc recordings, the ensemble's concerts have been diffused on Italian radio and television,
the Vatican radio, Portuguese national television, and numerous national and international state networks.
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