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FRANCO MANNINO, CONDUCTOR AND FILM COMPOSER DIES

Playbill Arts, NY,NY
By Emily Quinn
February 23, 2005

Franco Mannino, former principal conductor and artistic advisor for
Ottawa's National Arts Centre Orchestra, died February 1 in Rome, the
Toronto Globe and Mail reports. He was 80 years old.
According to the paper, he died of complications after surgery.

The Sicilian-born Mannino studied piano and composition at the Rome
Conservatory, and came to
Ottawa in 1982. In 1986 he was appointed principal guest conductor, a
position he held until 1989.

Of working with Mannino, known for his enthusiasm and rigorous rehearsals,
Ian Bernard, the orchestra’s principal timpanist, said, “It was sheer
emotion and a sort of tension in the rehearsal, just unbelievable. You
would finish a rehearsal and you felt sort of like you had just made love.
You were emotionally drained, a feeling I never had with many other
conductors.”

Mannino was also a composer, writing music for more than 100 films,
including films by his brother in law, director Luchino Visconti.

Mannino won a David di Donatello award for the score for Visconti’s
"L’innocente".

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