He starts his career as a violinist. He composes chambre, symphonic and sacred music. Since the end of the 40s he dedicates himself to the creation of movie soundtracks. He collaborates with Orson Welles and with acknowledged italian directors like Monicelli, Lizzani, Bragaglia, Steno. He wins the Silver Ribbon for the soundtracks of "Continente perduto" ("Lost Continent") and "Vertigine bianca" ("White vertigo").
Since her very early years she shows her great talent as an actress. It will bring her to travel all around the world and to work with the greatest artists in cinema and theatre, where she becomes very popular. Recently, she is especially known in tv for being an acting coach in the show "Amici" by Maria De Filippi. Cinevox released for the "cabaret" series one of her shows called "Io sono fatta così" (1979).
Besides representing the music and the soul of Rome, Armando Trovajoli was a prolific film music composer, contributing in fact to the prestige of this genre. He worked with the greatest directors of the Italian cinema: De Sica, Risi, Scola and, in particular, Luigi Magni for whom he composed the soundtrack of "Nell'anno del signore" ("The Conspirators").
Son of the actor and director Vittorio De Sica, he studies with the composer Bruno Maderna. He composes symphonic and chambre music, but he is mostly known especially for his works in the field of film music. Amongst the many soundtracks composed by him we can mentionthe ones for "Io e dio", first movie by Pasquale Squitieri and "Cose di cosa nostra" by Steno
Composer, arranger and conductor, he collaborates for a long time with the italian national television (RAI), signing soundtracks and opening themes for many tv programmes. Amongst them, the track "Non gioco più", performed by the singer Mina, which becomes one of the italian greatest hits ever. Gianni Ferrio and Mina estabilsh an artistic partnership which is destined to last many years, creating other masterpieces like the track "Parole parole". He composes about 120 movie soundtracks, ranging amongst the genres and working with the main italian directors.
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