Nicola Samale


Nicola Samale, is a composer and conductor.

Biography

Nicola Samale studied 1959–72 at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Flute Conducting, Composition as well as Instrumentation. He refined his conducting in classes with John Barbirolli and Hermann Scherchen. Still in his studies, he won several conducting competitions, in particular 1968 in Florence, 1969 at La Scala, Milan, 1969 the Respighi Competition in Venice and 1970 the RAI Competition in Rome. Samale works as a composer and conductor. He appeared with almost all Italian orchestras and at Italian opera houses, furthermore in Bucharest, Frankfurt, Grenoble, Johannesburg, Katowice, Ljubljana, London, Mannheim, Miami, Paris, Pretoria, and Stuttgart. Samale was Principal Guest Conductor of the Sinfonica Abruzzese, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Lecce and the Gran Orchestra Sinfonica di Montescaglioso in provincia di Matera as well as Artistic Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Catanzaro. From 1978 to 1993 he was also professor for conducting at the Conservatory of L’Aquila. 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 Manfredonia.
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 Renato Zero 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 Bruckner's Ninth Symphony. This Performing Version, further developed in collaboration with John A. Phillips and Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs made him known to a larger audience. Also of particular interest is his completion of an unfinished orchestral arrangement of Liszt's Hexaméron, his completed performing version of Mahler's Tenth Symphony as well as his completion of the Scherzo from the Unfinished Symphony by Schubert. His composition Miracolo a Milano recently played an important role in the German movie Drei by Tom Tykwer.

Selected compositions

Opera