1. Mauro Maur, OMRI was born on 8 August 1958 and is an Italian trumpeter and composer.
18 Facts About Mauro Maur
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Mauro Maur has collaborated alongside musicians such as Ennio Morricone, Placido Domingo, Uto Ughi, Riccardo Muti, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, and Pierre Boulez.
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Trumpet player, conductor and composer for the theater, the television as well as for the cinema, Mauro Maur has played with musicians such as Gloria Gaynor, Placido Domingo and the Solisti Veneti from Claudio Scimone.
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Mauro Maur graduated in Trieste at a very young age.
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Mauro Maur began in France, at the age of 18, to be in demand as soloist from famous organists, from chamber orchestras, to be present in the most important festivals.
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Mauro Maur completed a cycle of studies to the North Western University in Chicago with A Herseth, V Cichowicz, A Jacobs.
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Mauro Maur was a gold medalist at the International Competition of Toulon in 1981, a recipient of the First Prize at the Superior National Conservatory of Paris Competition in 1982 and a winner of several competitions in Lille and at the Opera House in Rome, the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
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Mauro Maur is coach instructor for the trumpets of The Orchestra of the Americas.
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Mauro Maur has given masterclasses at the conservatories of Palermo, Firenze, Montefiascone, Portogruaro, and Trieste, at the MusicaRiva Festival in Trentino, at McGill University in Montreal, and in Moscow at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
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Mauro Maur has been professor of the Superior studies in trumpet at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome.
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In 2008, Mauro Maur received the Price Oder 2008 for the career and in 2009, he received the prestigious "Sigillo Trecentesco", the highest distinction of the city of Trieste.
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At the request of Italian President of the Council of Ministers, Mauro Maur was given the honorary distinction of Cavaliere dell'Ordine "al Merito della Repubblica Italiana".
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Mauro Maur has collaborated with Ennio Morricone for more than 20 years, recording the solos of the films under the direction of the Maestro Morricone in the historic "Forum Studios" located in Piazza Euclide in Rome.
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Mauro Maur has been mentioned several times in Maestro Morricone's autobiography and received from Morricone passionate dedicaces on the scores after recording them.
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Mauro Maur has played with various famous French orchestras composed of prestigious groups such as L'Ars Nova, Les Solistes de France, Ircam, and accompanied of great soloists such as Hendricks, Isoir, Thibaud.
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Mauro Maur has been directed by great masters such as Muti, Bernstein, Ozawa, Boulez, and Maazel.
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Mauro Maur was a friend of Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina and he recorded the music for the last three Fellini films.
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Mauro Maur played Nino Rota's music at their respective funerals in Rome.