Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2005 Sommario / Contents

de France. Other major film works include a score for symphonic orchestra for Rupert Julian’s The Phantom of the Opera, music for a brass and
percussion quintet for John Ford’s Straight Shooting, a concerto for piano and chamber orchestra for Jean Epstein’s La Chute de la Maison Usher, and
a requiem for soprano and piano for Wallace Worsley’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His symphonic orchestral score for a ballet based on Tchaikovsky’s
opera The Queen of Spades, performed by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal since October 2001, has garnered great acclaim, notably in New
York, Europe, Mexico, and Montréal. Several of his film scores and the ballet are available on compact disc and DVD. At this year’s Giornate he will
conduct his score for Julien Duvivier’s Au bonheur des dames as a pre-festival event in the new Teatro Verdi in Pordenone.
Esibizioni speciali / Guest Musicians
RAYMOND ALESSANDRINI Compositore teatrale e cinematografico, concertista e pianista, arrangiatore e direttore d’orchestra, è l’autore delle colonne
sonore di film francesi contemporanei diretti da Jean Yanne, Georges Lautner, Henri Colpi, Tony Gatlif e soprattutto Jean-Charles Tacchella, per cui ha
musicato tutte le pellicole a partire dal 1985. Oltre a L’Hirondelle et la Mésange di Antoine, la cui prima mondiale si è tenuta nel 1984 alla Cinémathèque
Française, gli è stata commissionata nel 1986, in occasione del cinquantenario della Cinémathèque stessa, la partitura per Un chapeau de paille d’Italie
(1927) di René Clair. Tra gli altri accompagnamenti per film muti da lui preparati c’è quello del 2002 per Greed di Erich von Stroheim. / Composer for
stage and screen, concert and studio pianist, arranger and conductor, has written music for contemporary French motion pictures by Jean Yanne,
Georges Lautner, Henri Colpi, Tony Gatlif, and especially Jean-Charles Tacchella, all of whose films he has scored since 1985. In addition to
Antoine’s L’Hirondelle et la Mésange, which had its world premiere in 1984 at the Cinémathèque Française, he has scored René Clair’s Un Chapeau
de paille d’Italie (An Italian Straw Hat, 1927), commissioned for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Cinémathèque Française in 1986. His
other original silent film scores include Erich von Stroheim’s Greed, in 2000.
JEN ANDERSON & THE LARRIKINS
Jen Anderson (violino, mandolino, zufolo di latta, voce), nota per il suo stile ammaliante al violino, si è esibita con molti noti artisti rock, folk e
country, tra cui The Black Sorrows, Weddings Parties Anything, Tim Rogers, Archie Roach, The Waifs, Moby, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ed Elvis
Costello. Negli ultimi anni si è dedicata soprattutto a sviluppare le sue abilità di compositrice, in particolare per il cinema e la televisione. Tra i
suoi lavori, l’accompagnamento a The Goddess di Clara Law, del 1967, la miniserie televisiva australiana Simone de Beauvoir’s Babies, il
documentario Einstein’s Wife ed i film muti Pandora’s Box e The Sentimental Bloke. / Known for her hauntingly beautiful violin playing, Jen (violin,
mandolin, tin whistle, vocals), has performed with many well-known rock, folk, and country artists, including The Black Sorrows, Weddings Parties
Anything, Tim Rogers, Archie Roach, The Waifs, Moby, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Elvis Costello. In recent years Jen has mainly
concentrated on developing her skills as a composer, particularly for film and television. Her many credits include scores for Clara Law’s The
Goddess of 1967, the Australian TV mini-series Simone de Beauvoir’s Babies, the documentary Einstein’s Wife, and the silent films Pandora’s Box
and The Sentimental Bloke.
Dave Evans (fisarmonica, piano, organo) ha studiato fisarmonica e piano a Victoria per iniziare ad esibirsi da professionista a Melbourne, più di
15 anni fa. Da allora ha suonato in molti gruppi diversi, con un’ampia varietà di stili musicali, dal folk australiano al cajun, al jazz ed al klezmer.
È il co-fondatore del gruppo The Band Who Knew Too Much, creato nel 1989. / He studied accordion and piano while growing up in northeast
Victoria, and began performing professionally in Melbourne over 15 years ago. Since then he has played in many different groups, in a wide variety
of styles of music, from Australian folk to Cajun, jazz, and klezmer. He co-founded The Band Who Knew Too Much in 1989.
Dan Warner (chitarra, mandolino, voce), musicista professionista di Melbourne, si è esibito come cantante e chitarrista con i famosi gruppi
australiani The Warner Brothers, Dan & Al ed Overnight Jones, ed è anche un autore dotato. Nel 1999 è entrato nel gruppo di Paul Hester, The
Largest Living Things, lavorando a fianco del chitarrista americano Kevin Garant. Dan & Kev sono ora un noto numero itinerante del circuito
nordamericano. Dan, che ha anche pubblicato poesie, ha pure lavorato nel campo giornalistico, radiofonico e discografico. / A professional musician
(guitar, mandolin, vocals)from Melbourne, has performed as a singer/guitarist in the successful Australian bands The Warner Brothers, Dan & Al,
and Overnight Jones, and is also an accomplished songwriter. In 1999 he joined Paul Hester’s band The Largest Living Things, working alongside
American guitarist Kevin Garant. Dan & Kev are now a well-known touring act on the North American circuit. A published author and poet, Dan has
also worked in journalism, radio, and record production.
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