Roma FMF 2024 – Concert and masterclass program

MASTERCLASSES/CONFERENCES

As a novelty this year, masterclasses will also need a ticket of 5 € to get access (link)

 

Monday, April 8

15:30h – “MUSIC & DIRECTING – THE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS OF CINEMA.” – Forum Studios – Studio A

Fabio Liberatori and Carlo Verdone: a score for two.

We meet the director, screenwriter and actor with the composer and musician, both from Rome, for a conversation about their historic collaboration, between small and big screen, in no less than 17 productions, starting with “Borotalco” and ending with the series “Vita da Carlo.”

 

 

17:30 – “Piero Piccioni – Pioneer of Timeless Music.” – Forum Studios – Studio A

On the 20th anniversary of his death, the Festival pays tribute to Piero Piccioni, one of the greatest Italian composers of the 20th century (among the founders of Forum Studios), pioneer and prophet of jazz since the 1940s and author of some of the most iconic soundtracks of Italian cinema. Modern, at times avant-garde, he established a fruitful partnership with directors such as Alberto Sordi, Francesco Rosi (no less than 13 of his 17 films), Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica, and Bernardo Bertolucci. The only European jazz musician to have played with Charlie Parker, Piero Piccioni has left an indelible mark on modern music and also on its future, in the countless trip-hop, lo-fi, future jazz, down-tempo productions that international producers increasingly sample. We remember him by meeting the vocalist of so many of his soundtracks, Edda Dell’Orso, and his son Jason Piccioni.

 

Tuesday, April 9

15:30h – STEFANO FRESI – “The Technique of Emotions.” Forum Studios – Studio A

How and why harmony and melody support and enhance the meaning of images. Stefano Fresi, an acclaimed film and theater performer, talks about his parallel journey as a composer, singer and musician and reveals his passion for soundtracks, dwelling on the role of harmony as a vehicle for emotions.

 

17:30h – “The 30th anniversary of Il Postino: An Oscar-winning soundtrack.” – Forum Studios – Studio A

By Massimo Privitera, director of ColonneSonore.net and co-curator of Soundtrack City, a web program with Marco Testoni.

We meet bandoneonist Héctor Ulises Passarella, sound soul of Maestro Luis Bacalov’s Oscar-winning score and collaborations with Sergio Endrigo, Riccardo Del Turco and Paolo Margheri. Screenwriter Giacomo Scarpelli and editor Roberto Perpignani will speak. With the extraordinary participation of Stefano Veneruso, nephew of Massimo Troisi, who will present precious unpublished footage.

 

Wednesday, April 10

11:30h – “The Role of Film Music Festivals: Rome, Krakow and Tenerife.” – Forum Theatre

Moderated by Marco Patrignani, Artistic Director of Roma Film Music Festival

Guest: Diego Navarro, Artistic Director of Fimucitè (Tenerife International Film Music Festival). In connection: Robert Piaskowski, Artistic Director of FMF – Krakow Film Music Festival.

A confrontation between the artistic directors of their respective international festivals dedicated to Film Music, twinned since 2022 and sharing the same mission: the promotion and dissemination of soundtracks to an increasingly wide audience.

 

“Navarro narrates Navarro”

Diego Navarro, celebrated soundtrack composer and conductor, traces a successful career always characterized by the relationship between music and image.

 

16:00h – “MUSIC & DIRECTING – THE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS OF CINEMA.” – Forum Theatre

Andrea Guerra talks about: ‘Drops of Memory’.

Edited by Carlo Barbalucca

Let’s meet the celebrated composer Andrea Guerra to go over the creative process in his compositions for Cinema and his most important partnerships, such as the one with director Ferzan Ozpetek, which earned him with “Gocce di Memoria,” interpreted by Giorgia for La finestra di fronte, the victory of the Silver Ribbon for Best Original Song and the David di Donatello for Best Musician.

 

17:30h – “HENRY MANCINI: 100 Years of a Myth.” – Forum Theatre

Moderated by Massimo Privitera, with Stefano Fresi and Diego Navarro

Tribute to Henry Mancini on the centenary of the birth of the composer-musical father of sophisticated comedy, The Pink Panther and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. An endless production that deserves to be recounted, as well as listened to, as an ideal prologue to the great concert dedicated to him.

 

Thursday, April 11

11:00h – “Peppe Vessicchio” – Music, wine and frequencies in common – Forum Theatre

Moderated by Marco Patrignani and Massimo Privitera

From the almost mythological conductor, beloved by audiences and artists throughout Italy, the surprising application of the harmonic benefits of sound on grape growing and beyond.

 

15:00h – Lele Marchitelli – Forum Theatre

Lele Marchitelli talks about himself: “From Paolo Sorrentino to Paola Cortellesi: the Art of the musician for the screen.” Moderated by Massimo Privitera

A chat with a multifaceted composer who since the 1990s has authored the music for iconic programs such as “Avanzi,” “Tunnel,” “Pippo Kennedy Show” and “The Eighth Dwarf.” In the film industry, he has collaborated with major directors such as Giuseppe Piccioni, Renato De Maria, Cinzia TH Torrini, Riccardo Milani, Carlo Verdone, Paolo Sorrentino and not least with first-time actress-director Paola Cortellesi in the blockbuster film “C’è ancora domani.”

 

17:00h – “Operation Underscore 007: the world of James Bond soundtracks.” – Forum Theatre

Moderated by Massimo Privitera with Diego Navarro.

Celebrating 60 years of the character who entered the collective cinematic imagination.