TEHRAN -- Italian film score composer Nicola Piovani will attend the 36th edition of the Fajr International Film Festival opening in Tehran next week, the organizers announced on Tuesday.

Piovani is scheduled to perform a selection of his film scores in a performance at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on April 25 for the festival guests. 

He is the winner of the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Score in 1998 for Roberto Benigni’s film “La Vita è bella”, better known to English-speaking audiences as “Life Is Beautiful”.

The Fajr International Film Festival will take place in Tehran from April 19 to 27. 

Photo: Italian film score composer Nicola Piovani in an undated photo 

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