Nicola Samale (born 14 September 1941 in Castelnuovo d'Istria,

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), is a composer and conductor.

Biography

Nicola Samale studied 1959–72 at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia,

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, Flute (Diploma 1963) Conducting (with

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, Diploma 1970), Composition as well as Instrumentation (Diploma 1972). He refined his conducting in classes with

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(1964) and Hermann Scherchen (1965). Still in his studies, he won several conducting competitions, in particular 1968 in

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(1st prize), 1969 at La Scala,

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(2nd prize), 1969 the Respighi Competition in

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(1st prize) and 1970 the

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Competition in Rome (1st prize). Samale works as a composer and conductor. He appeared with almost all Italian orchestras and at Italian opera houses, furthermore in

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, Katowice,

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, and Stuttgart. Samale was Principal Guest Conductor of the Sinfonica Abruzzese (1984–88), Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Lecce (1993–94) and the Gran Orchestra Sinfonica di

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in provincia di Matera (1997–2000) as well as Artistic Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di

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(2003–04). From 1978 to 1993 he was also professor for conducting at the Conservatory of L'Aquila. Dario Salvatori, Nicola Samale

On 16 October 2010 Nicola Samale took part in the event ''Soundtracks – A tribute to Pino Rucher''. The event was sponsored by the Municipal Authorities of San Nicandro Garganico and

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Nicola Samale lives in Ailano.

Works

Nicola Samale composed chamber, orchestral and vocal music as well as five operas. He worked both for pop music and classical music, for example he conducted the R.C.A Orchestra for the Italian singer

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in the LP '' No, mamma, no!'' in 1973. In collaboration with the composer Giuseppe Mazzuca he also wrote numerous works, including some film soundtracks, and in particular the first version of the ''Ricostruzione'' of the unfinished Finale of

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's Ninth Symphony (First performance: Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Peter Gülke, 1986; first CD release: Radiosinfonieorchester Frankfurt,

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, Teldec 1986). This Performing Version, further developed in collaboration with John A. Phillips and Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs (1986–2011) made him known to a larger audience. Also of particular interest is his completion of an unfinished orchestral arrangement of

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's '' Hexaméron'' (Variations on the march from

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; first performance: 2001, Catania, Orchestra Teatro M. V. Bellini,

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), his completed performing version of

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's Tenth Symphony (with Giuseppe Mazzuca; first performance: 2001,

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, Martin Sieghart) as well as his completion of the Scherzo from the

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(1988; first performance: 1988, Bari, Orchestra Sinfonica di Bari, Nicola Samale; revised version 2004 with Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs; first performance: 2004,

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, Sarajevo Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs). His composition ''Miracolo a Milano'' recently played an important role in the German movie '' Drei'' by ''

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'' (Germany, 2010).

Selected compositions

Opera

* ''67 A.D.'' (1994–97) * ''Il principe sognatore'' (1997–99) * ''L' eroico Yi Sun Sin'' (2000) * ''Il Castello – L'onore dei Morra'' (1999–2002) * ''L'ultima messa'' (2004–06) * ''Fichi d'India'' (2011)

Orchestral music

* ''Suite lirica No. 1'' * ''Racconti Viennesi Caleidoscopio'' * Poema Sinfonico ''Magica notte'' on Italian

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s (2004) * Capriccio (Clarinet and Orchestra) * Ouverture sinfonica ''Gaia scienza'' (Band) * Poema sinfonico ''Ionica'' (Band) * ''Elegia e Finale'' (String Orchestra)

Vocal music

* ''Ave Maria'' (Soli, Choir and Orchestra) * ''Inno a Padre Pio'' (Choir and Orchestra) * ''99 in memoriam (melologo)'' (Narrator and Chamber-Ensemble) * ''Plenum'' (Choir and Chamber Orchestra) * ''Unheimlich'' (unacc. Choir) * ''Miracolo a Milano'' (unacc. Choir)

Chamber music

* ''Burlesca'' (Cembalo) * ''Diorama'' (Wind Quintet) * ''Divertimento'' (Wind Quintet) * ''Hermes'' (Oboe, 4 Horns, Solo-Horn, Piano and Doublebass) * ''Il futuro mancato'' (Narrator and Chamber-Ensemble) * ''Libaeralia'' (Soprano, Narrator and Chamber-Ensemble) * ''Pentalfa 14'' (Flute, Alphorn and Percussion) * ''Suite Lirica (No. 2)'', arranged from Italian arias (Wind Octet)

Arrangements / Orchestrations

* Anton Bruckner, Ninth Symphony, Finale, completed performing version (with Giuseppe Mazzuca, John A. Phillips and Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, 1985–2011) * Pablo Casals, ''Inno alle Nazioni Unite'', arrangement for orchestra (1996) * Franz Liszt, '' Hexaméron'', completed arrangement for orchestra (2001) * Franz Liszt, Sonata in b minor, arrangement for orchestra (2007) * Gustav Mahler, Tenth Symphony, completed performing version (with Giuseppe Mazzuca; 1st version: 2001) *

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, Scherzo from the

, completed performing version (1988; revised version 2004 with Cohrs; first performance: 2004,

, Sarajevo Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs)

References

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