(May 5th 2016) The pianist and composer, Rossella Spinosa will be playing for the first time in Hamburg music from the American silent film “The Eagle” (1925) starring Rodolfo Valentino. During the screening of the film at the Italian Cultural Institute programme May 12th to 19th Spinosa will perform live. Born in Italy but a naturalised American citizen, Rodolfo Valentino soon became a silent movie star. He worked as a dancer and actor in many movies in which he is portrayed as an elegant and refined Latin lover. In Clarence Brown’s “The Eagle”, he plays the part of a Russian Robin Hood. Rossella Spinosa received her piano, harpsichord and composition diploma at a young age from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, earning her degree in law and musicology. She continues her piano studies at the Piano Academy of Imola in Salzburg, and London where she perfected her composition for film music. She came in first place in many international competitions and has worked with great composers of the world. She composed the soundtrack to several films, including the music to films by Fritz Lang for which he received many awards. Moreover, Rossella Spinosa collaborates with actors around the world in the show business in live performance, writes journal articles, and is responsible for the “Contemporary” section of the Amadeusonline Magazine. She is a teacher at the F. Venezze Conservatory in Rovigo.
