Following on the enormous success of the project “Ricordando Eisenstein”, the Fondazione Cinema per Roma is continuing its collaboration with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

From February 12 to 19, 2011, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nino Rota, a tribute to the great Italian composer, entitled Nino Rota: The Music of Italian Cinema,  will be held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome

The tribute gets underway with a concert by the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Nicola Luisotti. The program includes the Suite from The Leopard and the Concert No. 1 for piano in C major, featuring the rising young pianist Giuseppe Albanese.

On the same dates, February 12 to 19, a retrospective of the films that have made Nino Rota celebrated the world over will be held in the spazio Musa in the Auditorium, spanning his entire career, from 8 ½ and Amarcord with Federico Fellini to Rota’s collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola, which earned him an Oscar® for Best Original Score for The Godfather – Part II in 1975. Prior to each screening audiences will be treated to a montage of clips from The Leopard. Admission to the screenings is free, on a first-come, first-served basis.

And on February 18, at 11 a.m. a special screening for students in Roman schools will be on the program: the documentary Un amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota by Mario Monicelli. Following the screening, the students will meet actress Sabrina Impacciatore in the first of the Q&A sessions “Waiting for the Festival” that introduce actors and directors to student audiences in the months leading up to the International Rome Film Festival.

The tribute to Nino Rota concludes on February 19 at 18:00 in the Teatro Studio with a public talk hosted by Mario Sesti and featuring Caterina D’Amico, Neri Marcorè, Nicola Piovani and Ettore Scola, who will be showing clips from films scored by the composer over the course of his long and eventful career, and discussing them onstage. Admission price: 5 euros.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12

• at 16:30: Un amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota by Mario Monicelli, Italy 1999, 54’
• at 20:30: 8 ½ by Federico Fellini, Italy 1963, 138’

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13

• at 15:00: Un amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota by Mario Monicelli, Italy 1999, 54’
• at 16:30: The Godfather: Part I by Francis Ford Coppola, USA 1972, 175’
• at 20:30: The Godfather: Part II by Francis Ford Coppola, USA 1974, 185’ – No admission to children under age 14

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14

• at 18:00 The White Sheik by Federico Fellini, Italy 1952, 85’
• at 20:30: Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli, UK/Italy, 1968, 138’

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15

• at 18:00: I vitelloni by Federico Fellini, Italy 1953, 104’
• at 20.30: Amarcord by Federico Fellini, Italy / France 1974, 127’

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

• at 18:00: The Teacher from Vigevano by Elio Petri, Italy 1963, 100’
• at 20:30 Fellini’s Casanova by Federico Fellini, Italy 1976, 165’ – No admission to children under age 14

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17

• at 18:00: Rocco and His Brothers by Luchino Visconti, Italy/France 1960, 180’ –  No admission to children under age 14

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18

• at18:00: The Great War by Mario Monicelli, Italy / France 1959, 129’ 
• at 20:30: Amarcord by Federico Fellini, Italy / France 1974, 127’

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19

• at 18:00: a public talk hosted by Mario Sesti, with Caterina D’Amico, Neri Marcorè, Nicola Piovani, and Ettore Scola 

Our thanks to: Cineteca Nazionale – Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Cinecittà Luce, Cristaldi Film, Filmauro, Medusa Film, Paramount Entertainment, Rai Cinema, Titanus Film, UIP Italia, Warner, and 01 Distribution

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12 AT 18:00 – MONDAY THE 14th AT 21:00 – TUESDAY the 15th AT 19:30

AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA – SALA SANTA CECILIA

Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Nicola Luisotti  Conductor

Giuseppe Albanese  Piano

PROGRAM

Beethoven

Symphony No.4 in B flat major, op. 60

Rota

The Leopard: Suite

Concert for piano No. 1 in C major

Tickets from 18 to 47 euros   – Info: 06 8082058  – www.santacecilia.it