Indeed a special day and concert for Maestro Ennio Morricone and his touching concert in Rome’s Senate, January 11th, 2020.

Oscar-winner Ennio Morricone played in a prestigious venue on Saturday morning,  Rome’s Senate.  The 92 year-old Italian musician and composer of over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works, became world-famous for his magnificent movie soundtracks of Sergio Leone’s “Spaghetti Westerns” (which also included Clint Eastwood) not to mention other masterpieces such as “Mission” and also Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” (for which Morricone won his second Oscar) played for an hour and was also joined on the podium by his son, composer-director Andrea.  

Representing the Senate was its speaker, Maria Elisabetta Alberti Castellati, who gave Morricone Sr. a special recognition: “To Ennio Morricone.  Italian genius and excellence in the world”.