So in 1940, when he was 12, Ennio entered the Saint Cecilia Conservatory and learned to play the trumpet. But his passion was for studying composition under the legendary Goffredo Petrassi ...

“You must always make a nice melody,” Libera Ridolfi told her young son, Ennio. “That’s how you will become famous.” Sticking to that script led Ennio Morricone to become one of the most ...

The FILMharmonique Orchestra will return to the stage with a new edition of its popular series, Music at the Movies. This ...

Ennio Moricone ... but it was his friendship with Italian director Sergio Leone that brought him fame, with scores for Spaghetti Western starring Clint Eastwood in the 1960s.