The Maestro

FILM LEGEND ENNIO MORRICONE TO OPEN THIS YEAR'S ULSTER BANK BELFAST FESTIVAL AT QUEEN'S
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Ennio Morricone, the Italian maestro behind some of the most instantly recognisable film music of the last forty years, will visit this island for the first time to perform his only UK and Ireland engagement this year at the Opening Concert of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen's.
This is a rare live appearance by the Oscar-winning film legend - undoubtedly one of the most skilled, prolific and influential film composers in history. The eagerly anticipated concert takes place at Belfast's Waterfront Hall on Friday 17th October, just days before Morricone's 80th birthday. He will conduct the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra and Belfast Philharmonic Choir, with over 100 musicians flying to Belfast especially for the occasion.
Tickets are certain to be snapped up quickly by fans of Morricone who will savour a mouth-watering selection of some of his most unforgettable music. His distinguished repertoire includes Once Upon a Time in America, Days of Heaven, The Untouchables, the intimate Cinema Paradiso and the enormously popular score for The Mission which starred Robert de Niro and Jeremy Irons.
Ennio Morricone has won five BAFTAs for Best Score and been nominated five times for an Oscar. He finally received an Honorary Academy Award in 2007 "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music". He is only the second composer in Oscar history to be honoured with such an award.

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