Ottavio Ziino (11 November 1909 – 1 February 1995) was an Italian composer, conductor and academic.
Life and career
Born in
Palermo, Ziino graduated in composition from the
Palermo Conservatory, and specialized at the
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ( en, National Academy of St Cecilia) is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, founded by the papal bull ''Ratione congruit'', issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints pro ...
in Rome.
After having been a professor in his
alma mater, between 1966 and 1980 he was director of the Palermo, Naples and Rome Conservatories.
From 1959 to 1970 he also served as artistic director of the (Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, OSS).
As a composer, he is best known for his series of Concertos for solo instrument and orchestra and for ''Hymni Christiani in diem'' for soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra (1956).
He also had an intense activity as a conductor.
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1909 births
1995 deaths
People from Palermo
20th-century Italian composers
Italian male composers
Italian classical composers
Italian conductors (music)
Conservatorio Santa Cecilia alumni
Palermo Conservatory alumni
20th-century Italian musicologists