Dr. Franco Sciannameo

CFA Distinguished Scholar & Teaching Professor of Music

Bio

Born in Salento, violinist, musicologist, and cultural historian Franco Sciannameo studied in Rome at the Conservatorio di Musica “Santa Cecilia,” the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, and later at the University of Hartford and the University of Pittsburgh.

Sciannameo writes and lectures extensively on contemporary music and its relation to politics, cinema, and the arts. He has worked with several celebrated composers, including Giacinto Scelsi, Vieri Tosatti, Nino Rota, Franco Donatoni, Ennio Morricone, Franco Evangelisti, and Paul Chihara with whom he collaborated on performances and recordings. His books include Nino Rota’s The Godfather Trilogy (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010); Phil Trajetta (1777-1854), Patriot, Musician, Immigrant (Hillsdale: Pendragon Press, 2010); Music as Dream: Essays on Giacinto Scelsi, edited with Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013); Experiencing the Violin Concerto: A Listener’s Companion (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016); Musicians’ Migratory Patterns: The Adriatic Coasts (New York: Routledge, 2018. First issued in paperback 2020); Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone: Fame and Legacy (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020. First issued in paperback 2022); The Scelsi Papers: Aesthetic Thoughts, edited with Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022); Italian Film Music, 1950-1970s: Between Tradition, Innovation, and Internationalisation, edited by Franco Sciannameo (Turnhout: Brepols, forthcoming).

More information can be found at: https://francosciannameo.academia.edu