Life Is Beautiful in Bucharest, this October, with Nicola Piovani recital

Newsroom 14/09/2010 | 17:06

Oscar winner Nicola Piovani will hold a concert in Bucharest on October 9, at the Radio Hall, as part of the closing gala of the sixth edition of the International Film Festival RO-IFF.

The Italian light-classical musician, theater and film score composer for over 130 movies, among which the Holocaust fable La vita e bella (Life Is Beautiful) will commence his recital at 8 pm, after the RO-IFF award ceremony. For the La vita e bella film score, Piovani received the Academy Award for Original Dramatic Score at the 1998 Oscar festivities.

Just like in the case of ABBA Generation’s performance, all the proceeds will go to the Coltea Foundation. Tickets for Nicola Piovani’s recital can be purchased online on www.eventim.ro and www.bilete.ro. The Radio Hall (Sala Radio) is situated on General Berthelot Street, no. 60 – 64.

RO-IFF, Romania International Film Festival, was founded in 2005 and focuses on he Black Sea region’s film industry (Russia, Moldavian Republic, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Romania) and, since 2009, has a special section, Women in Cinema. This year’s edition will be held in Bucharest from October 1 to October 10.