Moretti Puccini experience (2008)

Riccardo Joshua Moretti studied Composition with M Gaetano Giani
Luporini and Soundtrack Music with M Nino Rota and Alessandro
Cicognini. Since 1992 he is Guest Director of the Orchestra of Bolshoj
Theatre in Moscow, of Gosteleradio Orchestra and of the Moskow
Symphony. He composed soundtracks and music for documentaries and
incidental music for the theatre. He received the Nino Rota Award by
the Russian Composers Union. He worked at La musica nel cinema
italiano (13 broadcasts) for RAI. His compositions have been performed
in the most important theatres all around the world, in particular his
works dedicated to Jewish music, like Ebraica, Midor Ledor and Il
canto d'Israele. He has made many recordings, like La storia del
soldato by I. Stravinskij (with the spoken voice of Giancarlo Giannini
and the Orchestra of the Bolshoj Theatre) and Golem (with the spoken
voice of Adalberto Maria Merli). He has worked for many years with the
Lindsey Kemp Company. He got an honour degree at the Chigiana Academy
in Siena. He is teacher at the Conservatory A. Boito in Parma. He
records for the label CNI Music and publishes for Ut Orpheus Edizioni.