About Ottavio Ziino
Lived 1909 – 1995 (aged 85). Ottavio Ziino was an Italian conductor and composer.
Ottavio Ziino (11 November 1909 – 1 February 1995) was an Italian composer, conductor and academic.
Life and career Born in Palermo, Ziino graduated in composition from the Palermo Conservatory, and specialized at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. After having been a professor in his alma mater, between 1966 and 1980 he was director of the Palermo, Naples and Rome Conservatories. From 1959 to 1970 he also served as artistic director of the (Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, OSS).
As a composer, he is best known for his series of Concertos for solo instrument and orchestra and for Hymni Christiani in diem for soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra (1956). He also had an intense activity as a conductor.
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Who was Ottavio Ziino?
Italian conductor and composer (1909–1995)
When was Ottavio Ziino born?
Ottavio Ziino was born on 11 November 1909 in Palermo.
When did Ottavio Ziino die?
Ottavio Ziino died on 1 February 1995 in Rome.
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Ottavio Ziino was a conductor and composer.
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Ottavio Ziino was Italian.
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