Around the selection 2003

Cannes introduces a new event to the Festival this year: the Leçon de musique. Nicola Piovani, the last composer to have worked with Federico Fellini, will discuss his work in this very first Leçon de Musique.

In the world of Italian cinema, Nicola Piovani represents transition, a musical bridge between the legendary directors (Fellini, the Taviani brothers) and the younger 1980s generation (Moretti, Benigni). Piovani learned to play the piano at age 9. He discovered film music in the early 1970s, after his studies at the Verdi Conservatoire in Milan. His enviable position as Federico Fellini's last composer placed him firmly in the line of successors to Nino Rota - his clear compositions influenced by all forms of popular music. His work with the Taviani brothers enabled him to explore other musical ambitions, this time in a more symphonic register, including their first collaboration, the unforgettable score of The Night of San Lorenzo. Nicola Piovani -- along with Ennio Morricone -- remains today one of the most renowned Italian composers in the world.
Stéphane Lerouge


Main Filmography

2002 : Pinocchio / Roberto Benigni
2001 : La Stanza del figlio / The Son's Room / Nanni Moretti
1997 : La Vita è bella / Life Is Beautiful / Roberto Benigni
1994 : Caro diario / Dear Diary / Nanni Moretti
1990 : Il Sole anche di notte / Sunshine Even by Night / Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
1990 : La Voce della luna / The Voice of the Moon / Federico Fellini
1987 : Good Morning, Babylon / Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
1987 : Intervista / Federico Fellini
1986 : Ginger and Fred / Federico Fellini
1986 : La Messa è finita / The Mass is Ended / Nanni Moretti
1984 : Kaos / Chaos / Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
1982 : La Notte di San Lorenzo / The Night of San Lorenzo / Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

The Leçon de musique will be held on Tuesday May 20 in Salle Buñuel.