DIRECTOR Born in Italy, Film Musicologist and Cultural Historian Franco
Sciannameo studied in Rome at the Conservatorio di Musica “Santa
Cecilia” (D.M. in Violin Performance, Literature, and Pedagogy),
and later at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and Accademia Nazionale
di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He also holds advanced degrees in Historical
Musicology and Cultural Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.
Always concerned with the role of artists in society, Franco Sciannameo
writes and lectures extensively on contemporary music and its relation
to politics, cinema, and the arts. He has worked closely with a
number of celebrated composers, including Giacinto Scelsi, Nino
Rota, Ennio Morricone, Franco Donatoni, and Paul Chihara, with whom
he collaborated on many performances and recordings. Sciannameo's
articles and essays are featured regularly in The Musical Times
(London) and L'IDEA (New York), while his books are published
by Mario Adda Editore, The Edwin Mellen Press, Pendragon Press,
and The Scarecrow Press. Franco Sciannameo is a Fellow in the STUDIO
for Creative Inquiry where he directs Moysikòs, a WaterSound
project. |
Franco
Sciannameo, D.M., Director