A freewheeling journey through music, a narrative in which music and words intertwine to describe the paths that have led Nicola Piovani – an internationally renowned Italian artist and Oscar-winner for the soundtrack of Roberto Benigni’s “La vita è bella” (“Life is Beautiful”) – to collaborate with De André, Fellini, Magni, as well as with other Spanish, French and Dutch filmmakers, and to compose music for the theatre, cinema, television, singers and instrumentalists.
The concert will feature unpublished theatrical pieces interspersed with better-known scores, rearranged for the occasion. On the background, videos integrate the narrative with clippings from films and performances and with the images that artists like Luzzati and Manara dedicated to Piovani’s musical work.
(Event promoted and sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)
Dubai Millenium Amphiteater
December 8th-9th-10th | 8:30pm
Free event
Academy Award-winning composer and pianist Nicola Piovani will be in concert for one night only at Emirates Palace on 11 December. We are proud to bring the world stage back to the capital with an unforgettable intimate and exclusive event. Piovani will propose the execution of unpublished pieces along with new versions of famous songs, rearranged for the occassion accompanied by a quintet of virtuoso musicians on keyboard, accordion and many more. This event is co-presented in partnership Abu Dhabi Festival with our Institute.
Emirates Palace Ballroom
December 11th | 8pm
For tickets and reservations: https://abudhabifestival.ae/programme/music-is-dangerous-by-composer-nicola-piovani/