- country:Italy
- style(s):Classical
- label:not signed
- type:Band
- gender:female
- instrumentation:vocal
- artist posted by:F & B Promotion
Line up
- Deborah Vico (piano)
- Federica Torbidoni (flute)
- Giannina Guazzaroni (violin)
- Graziana Giansante (oboe and English horn)
- Tiziana Santarelli (vocals)
- Zsuzsanna Krasznai (cello)
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 in 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 broadcast by Portuguese National Television and Lisbon Radio, the National Television of San Paulo, RAI, Vatican Radio and by national and private TV. The recent compact disc recording of their repertoire in programme is enjoying great success around the world.