From FELLINI’S WALTZ (see video clip) to film music themes like the masterpiece composed by Nino Rota for Fellini’s LA STRADA with my favorite piano medley improvs on Scarlatti’s SONATAS in between arranged by ENRICO PIERANUNZI… this has been by far the most satisfying program since first invited by the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal.
For this 34th Edition of the Festival international de jazz de Montréal, I wanted to focus one more time on Italy’s ‘incontournables’ (french for ‘top favorites’) including on this occasion, Enrico Pieranunzi. His most notorious arrangement for piano was perhaps the music scored by Enrico Morricone for CINEMA PARADISO, the 1988’s Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Film. The 5th ‘salle’, the smallest venue in the city’s magnificient Place des Arts, was perfect as the intimate setting required for such solo piano pieces.
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