About Franco Piersanti
Born 1950. Franco Piersanti is an Italian composer and conductor.
Franco Piersanti (born 12 January 1950) is an Italian composer and conductor.
Born in Rome, Piersanti graduated in double bass at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, where he studied composition under the guidance of Armando Renzi and conducting under Franco Ferrara and Piero Bellugi. In 1976 he debuted as film composer scoring the Nanni Moretti's first film, Io sono un autarchico and then started a long collaboration with him that continued with Moretti's Habemus Papam (2011).
His soundtracks include Love and Fear (1988), The Second Time (1995), Inspector Montalbano (1999), The Best Day of My Life (2002), The Beast in the Heart (2005), My Brother is an Only Child (2007) and Fort Apache Napoli (2009).
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Italian composer and conductor
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Franco Piersanti was born on 12 January 1950 in Rome.
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Franco Piersanti is a composer and conductor.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Franco Piersanti. https://biography.guide/franco-piersanti/
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