Maestro Mauro Maur, first trumpeter at the Opera House in Rome, and pianist Francoise De Clossey performed the concert.
The audience applauded the music and gave a standing ovation to the artists, both for the expressive qualities and for the great execution of the soundtracks composed by musicians of the Italian Cinema Ennio Morricone (1928), P. Picconi (1920-2004) and N. Rota (1911-1979).
Italian envoys congratulated the musicians, organizers and Italian Cultural Center and underlined how through the universal language of music it is possible to consolidate international and bilateral relations.
The duo provided Music scores from Italian movies including Bugsy (1991), La leggenda del pianista sull’ oceano (1998), Per un pugno di dollari (1964), Mission (1986), Incontri proibiti (1998), Il viaggio (1963), Amore mio aiutami (1969), Amarcord (1973), La Dolce Vita (1960), I Vitelloni (1953), La Strada (1954), Le Notti di Cabiria (1957) and Otto e mezzo (1963).
Like many other countries, the first films Italy produced were documentaries. The first Italian movie was produced in 1896 and tells the visit of the king and queen in Florence. “Unfortunately, most of the film has been lost; the fragments we still have traces of today show Pope Leo XIII going to pray in the Vatican gardens and turning to the camera for what is the first papal blessing filmed,” an Italian cinema buff says.
“Though cinema in Italy has existed since the days of the Lumiere Brothers, with movie theaters operating since 1896, we can properly speak of the birth of the Italian film industry between 1903 and 1909, culminating with a period of glory in 1914. At that time, Italy was at the cutting edge in movie production and storytelling, and possibly the invention of the feature film as we know it today is to be credited to those early Italian screenwriters and directors. The first Italian ‘Hollywoods’ were Florence and Turin.”
Mauro is known all over the world as the most versatile trumpet player, musical, generous, his repertoire goes from the great baroque concerts to the classical ones to the contemporaries to the great music of the cinema.
Both Mauro and Francoise fascinated the music lovers with the technical mastery. Their presence creates strong emotional impact and brings smiles on audiences. Francoise is a bright interpreter of the great repertoire of the bygone era and that adds to the beauty of her performance.
First Trumpet for the Orchestra of the Opera House in Rome since 1985, Mauro has appeared on several popular TV and radio shows and recorded for BMG Ariola, RCA, Sony Columbia and Denon.
“Trumpet player, conductor and composer for the theater, the TV as well as for the cinema, Mauro has an extraordinary fickleness that enables him to pursue an international career and play with great musicians of our time such as Gloria Gaynor, Placido Domingo and the Solisti Veneti from Claudio Scimone,” an Italian diplomat said. Mauro, who has also played with various French orchestras, is coach instructor for the trumpets of the “Youth Orchestra of the Americas” created by the M. Albright Foundation. He has been honored with distinctions like Cavaliere (Knight) dell’Ordine “al Merito della Repubblica Italiana”
Born in Montreal, Canada, Francoise has participated in numerous records for the radio and TV. She has played in many important concert halls of the world. Winner of the Quebec and Canada music competitions, Francoise has appeared as soloist in various international festivals.
Both Francoise and Mauro received the Prize Order 2008 for their musical career.
