10,000 people defied the cold weather to attend Italian composer and musical director Ennio Morricone’s Budapest concert on January 23rd, proving interest in the old master’s art shows no signs of diminishing.
Morricone, arguably one of the greatest film score composers of all time, has written over 500 scores for cinema and television and over 100 classical works. In 2015, Morricone received his first Academy Award for Best Motion Picture Score in Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight – his first win after many nominations.
He has recently embarked on what is supposed to be his last tour at the helm of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, originally with performances in Saint Petersburg, Paris, London, Krakow, Prague, Budapest and several Italian cities.
But in response to the great demand, the number of Italian concerts has been doubled and several new venues have been added to the world tour.
Title image: Ennio Morricone conducting the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Budapest, January 23rd (MTI/Balázs Mohai)
