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Nicola Piovani B. 26 May 1946 Rome Italy Is A Light-Classical Musician Theater And Film Score Composer And Winner Of The 1998 Best Original Dramatic Score Oscar For The Score Of The Roberto Benigni Film La Vita È Bella Better Known To Russian-Speaking Audiences As "Жизнь Прекрасна". After High School Piovani Enrolled At The Sapienza University Of Rome Receiving His Degree In Piano From The Verdi Conservatory In Milan In 1967 And Later Studied Orchestration Under The Greek Composer Manos Hadjidakis. Among His More Popular Works Is The Score For The Federico Fellini Film Intervista His Second Of Three Collaborations With The Famous Director The Others Being Ginger E Fred Ginger And Fred In English And La Voce Della Luna The Voice Of The Moon . Years Later He Composed A Ballet Titled Balletto Fellini. In 2000 His Academy Award-Winning Score For La Vita È Bella Life Is Beautiful Was Further Nominated For A Grammy Award In The "Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Television Or Other Visual Media" Category Losing To Randy Newman. In 2005 He Was A Member Of The Jury At The 27th Moscow International Film Festival. 1 In Light Of His Recent Work With French Directors Notably Danièle Thompson Philippe Lioret And Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt The French Minister Of Culture Gave Him The Title Of Chevalier Knight Of The Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres On 21 May 2008 At The Cannes Film Festival. To Date Piovani Has Over 130 Film Scores To His Credit. However He Is Reported To Believe That "Too Many Film Scores Make A Composer A Hack But In The Theatre Music Is Above All Craftsmanship". Accordingly He Continues To Work In Musical Theatre And Also Composes Concert And Chamber Music. read less