Name Gianfranco Plenizio Role Composer | Albums La gatta in calore | |
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Occupation Conductor, composer, musician Music director And the Ship Sails On, Young - Violent - Dangerous, The Sensuous Nurse, Django 2, Una bella governante di colore Similar People Enrico Pieranunzi, Tonino Guerra, Giovanni Fusco, Savio Riccardi, Fiorenzo Carpi | ||
Gianfranco Plenizio
Gianfranco Plenizio (10 January 1941 – 7 February 2017) was an Italian conductor, composer, pianist and essayist.
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Gianfranco Plenizio - Musica Per Anna
Life and career
Born in Sedegliano, Plenizio studied piano with Enrico De Angelis Valentini and conduction under Franco Ferrara. After his debut as a pianist, he focused on conducting; among others, he conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra, the Orquesta Nacional de España, the Orchestre de chambre de Genève and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Active as a film score composer, Plenizio collaborated with notable directors such as Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder, Mario Monicelli, Pietro Germi, Ermanno Olmi. He also authored essays, mainly focusing on the history of music.
Selected filmography
References
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