Winning Italian “notes” at the Oscars

Jun 10, 2021 325

BY: Barbara Minafra

You’ll find more than a couple of winning Italian “notes” in Nomadland and The Father. And notes is the right word, because it was composer Ludovico Einaudi to create the music for these two “wonderful independent movies that speak about deep, important themes,” and that were awarded at the Oscars 2021. Einaudi says – rightly – he feels “honored to have contributed to these stories with my music,” and that he considers the awards “a bit my own.”

Einaudi, from Turin, is a composer and pianist with a renowned and productive career on his shoulders. He wrote the music for Nomadland, which won three Oscars: best movie, best actress and, most importantly, best director to Chloe Zhao, the first non-white woman – and only second overall, after Cathryn Bigelow – to have won in the category in 93 years.

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SOURCE: https://italoamericano.org

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