Giuliano Taviani

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Giuliano Taviani
Born1969 (age 5455)
Rome, Italy
OccupationComposer

Giuliano Taviani (born 1969) is an Italian composer.

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Life and career

Born in Rome, Taviani is the son of the director and screenwriter Vittorio. He started studying jazz, singing, and guitar at the Scuola Popolare di Musica di Testaccio, under Giovanna Marini, and after a brief experience as a guitarist and a vocalist in the band Defaillance he enrolled at the Conservatory of L'Aquila where he graduated in composition. [1]

After composing some incidental music, he debuted as a film score composer in 1999, for Gianni Zanasi's A domani. A longtime collaborator of Francesco Munzi, in 2015 he won two David di Donatello for Best Score and Best Song for Munzi's Black Souls . [1] [2]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 Valerio Cappelli (20 July 2015). "Giuliano Taviani: "Io e la musica"". Corriere della Sera . Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. Cristiano Marcacci (13 June 2015). "Il "sanminiatese" Giuliano Taviani trionfa ai "David di Donatello"". Il Tirreno . Retrieved 20 May 2016.