Nino Rota

Nino Rota was born on Dec 03, 1911 in Italy. Nino Rota's big-screen debut came with Giorno di nozze directed by Raffaello Matarazzo in 1942. Nino Rota is known for Oi'Clowns - Een Hommage aan Federico Fellini directed by Eric Wobma, Hans Dagelet stars as Maestro Federico Fellini and Daniël Boissevain as Marcello Mastroianni. Nino Rota has got 10 awards and 12 nominations so far. The most recent award Nino Rota achieved is Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. The upcoming new movie Nino Rota plays is Love Story which will be released on Aug 10, 2012.

Born in Milan in 1911 into a family of musicians, Nino Rota was first a student of Orefice and Pizzetti. Then, still a child, he moved to Rome where he completed his studies at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in 1929 with Alfredo Casella. In the meantime, he had become an 'enfant prodige', famous both as a composer and as an orchestra conductor. His first oratorio, "L'infanzia di San Giovanni Battista," was performed in Milan and Paris as early as 1923 and his lyrical comedy, "Il Principe Porcaro," was composed in 1926. From 1930 to 1932, Nino Rota lived in the USA. He won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia where he attended classes in composition taught by Rosario Scalero and classes in orchestra taught by