People are afraid of the ocean, so the pianist relieves them by playing his terrific music. The ocean was part of him, Novecento belonged only to it and to nowhere else. Was it just fear? Novecento wasn’t born on dry land, he was different from everyone else, so he felt he would’ve lost something important if he had left. But the world passed on that ship, with all its hopes and failures, and he watched it pass, never trying to follow it. Maybe the best.īut music was the only thing that made him happy. Novecento, with his inexplicable talent, charmed all the men and all the women with his music.

The ocean was his only home.Īt night the passengers of the ship could hear a piano playing. He lived on it, traveling hundreds of times from Europe to America, and from America to Europe.

Nel cast: Tim Roth, Pruitt e Taylor Vince. A sailor found him and named him Novecento in honor of the 20 th century, which had just begun.Īt that time many people were emigrating from Europe in search of a better life, getting on board ships headed to America. La leggenda del pianista sulloceano è un film del 1998 diretto da Giuseppe Tornatore, tratto dal monologo teatrale Novecento di Alessandro Baricco. Novecento (which means “nine hundred” in Italian, and indicates the twentieth century) was abandoned on the transatlantic Virginian soon after his birth. Lemon Novecento, with the accompaniment of some fine jazz music.

Alessandro Baricco’s “Novecento” is a brilliant theatrical monologue which narrates the unique story of Danny Boodman T.D. 2009: Drum 'n' Voice vol.Here’s the story of a man.2005: Together as One, with Gregg Kofi Brown.2004: Dream of Peace, with Stanley Jordan.They briefly reunited in 2002 and again in 2008, when they scored significant success with the single 'Cry'. After recording seven albums, Novecento disbanded in 1997. Alessandro Arbo è professore nel Dipartimento di Musicologia della musica nel Novecento dell’Università di Strasburgo. They were signed to Italian Five Records and Baby Records, with international distribution via WEA, Warner Music, and ZTT. The band went on to win the 'Revelation of the Year' award during the national television event Azzurro 1984. Novecento's debut single, 'Movin' On', sold more than 100,000 copies in 1984. The band was active in the 1980s and the 1990s and became popular with the song 'Cry' in 2008. Their music has gone through a variety of genres, such as Italo disco (early work), synthpop, soft rock, pop rock, jazz, and funk. Novecento is an Italian band founded by Pino Nicolosi, Lino Nicolosi, Rossana Nicolosi, and Dora Nicolosi (née Carofiglio) in 1984.

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