- Pino Donaggio
Giuseppe "Pino" Donaggio is a
composer fromBurano ,Italy .Born in
Venice ,Italy , on October 24, 1941, into a family of musicians, Donaggio began studyingviolin at the age of ten, first at the Benedetto Marcello conservatory [http://www.conseve.it/indexI.html Benedetto Marcello Conservatory] inVenice , followed by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory [http://www.consmilano.it/ Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory] inMilan . At the age of 14, he made his solo debut in aVivaldi concert for Italian radio, then went on to play for both theSolisti Veneti and the Solisti di Milano [http://www.solistiaquilani.it/ Solisti di Milano] . The discovery of rock and roll during the summer of 1959 ended Donaggio's classical career when he made his singing debut withPaul Anka . He then began to write his own songs and established himself as one of Italy's prominent singer-songwriters. He took part in theSan Remo Festival with "Come Sinfonia" and had a string of successes including "Il Cane di Stoffa." However, his greatest hit was the 1963 smash, "Io Che Non Vivo, " which sold 60 million records worldwide and was performed most popularly in English as "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me " byElvis Presley andDusty Springfield . [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006043/bio Pino Donaggio - Biography ] ]His first film was the British/Italian
horror film "Don't Look Now ".Since then he has worked on many films, and composed music for several more, including:Dario Argento 's "Trauma" and "Due occhi diabolici ". He works regularly with US directorBrian De Palma , scoring De Palma's "Carrie" (1976), "Home Movies" (1979), "Dressed to Kill" (1980), "Blow Out " (1981), "Body Double " (1984), " andRaising Cain " (1992)".References
External links
* [http://www.zafara.org/pinodonaggio/entrada/index.htm Pino Donaggio official Site]
*imdb name|0006043|Pino Donaggio
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