Editing Ennio Morricone (section)

== Live performances ==
{{main|List of Ennio Morricone concerts}}
[[File:WP2015 EnnioMorricone FFM.jpg|thumb|right|Morricone in the [[Festhalle Frankfurt]] in 2015]]
Before receiving his diplomas in trumpet, composition and instrumentation from the conservatory, Morricone was already active as a trumpet player, often performing in an orchestra that specialised in music written for films. After completing his education at [[Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia|Saint Cecilia]], the composer honed his orchestration skills as an arranger for Italian radio and television. In order to support himself, he moved to RCA in the early sixties and entered the front ranks of the Italian recording industry.<ref>{{cite book |author=Charles Leinberger |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G2lqIuCFJ_MC&pg=PA1 |title=Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Film Score Guide, p.2 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-8108-5132-0 |access-date=22 September 2013}}</ref> Since 1964, Morricone was also a founding member of the Rome-based avant-garde ensemble [[Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza]]. During the existence of the group (until 1978), Morricone performed several times with the group as trumpet player.<ref>{{cite web |title='Niente' Gruppo Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza |url=http://www.cometaedizionimusicali.it/niente.htm |website=Cometa Edizioni Musicali |access-date=7 July 2020 |language=en |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217133125/http://www.cometaedizionimusicali.it/niente.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

To ready his music for live performance, he joined smaller pieces of music together into longer [[Suite (music)|suites]]. Rather than single pieces, which would require the audience to applaud every few minutes, Morricone thought the best idea was to create a series of suites lasting from 15 to 20 minutes, which form a sort of [[symphony]] in various [[Movement (music)|movements]] – alternating successful pieces with personal favourites. In concert, Morricone normally had 180 to 200 musicians and vocalists under his baton, performing multiple genre-crossing collections of music. Rock, symphonic and traditional indigenous instruments share the stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mixonline.com/post/features/interview-film-music-maestro-ennio-morricone//index1.html |title=Mix interview: Film Music Maestro Ennio Morricone |publisher=mixonline.com |access-date=31 December 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101040956/http://mixonline.com/post/features/interview-film-music-maestro-ennio-morricone//index1.html |archive-date=1 January 2014}}</ref>

On 20 September 1984 Morricone conducted the [[Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire]] at ''Cinésymphonie '84'' ("Première nuit de la musique de film/First night of film music") in the French concert hall [[Salle Pleyel]] in Paris. He performed some of his best-known compositions such as ''[[Metti una sera a cena]]'', ''[[1900 (film)|Novecento]]'' and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chimai.com/index.cfm?module=MUS&mode=CRT&id=299 |title=Cinésymphonie '84 – Première nuit de la musique de film, 20 September 1984 |publisher=chimai.com |access-date=31 January 2013}}</ref> [[Michel Legrand]] and [[Georges Delerue]] performed on the same evening.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.underscores.fr/index.php/2012/04/hommage-a-georges-delerue-entretiens-rencontre-avec-colette-delerue |title=Rencontre avec Colette Delerue |publisher=underscores.fr |access-date=31 January 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625172834/http://www.underscores.fr/index.php/2012/04/hommage-a-georges-delerue-entretiens-rencontre-avec-colette-delerue/ |archive-date=25 June 2013}}</ref>

On 15 October 1987 Morricone gave a concert in front of 12,000 people in the [[Sportpaleis]] in Antwerp, Belgium, with the Dutch [[Metropole Orchestra]] and the Italian operatic soprano [[Alide Maria Salvetta]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldsoundtrackawards.be/static/pdf%20WSA%20evaluatiebrochure%202004%20.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016112334/http://www.worldsoundtrackawards.be/static/pdf%20WSA%20evaluatiebrochure%202004%20.pdf|url-status=dead |title=World Soundtrack Awards, Film Music Concerts – A Night to Remember, 1987 |archive-date=16 October 2013}}</ref> A live-album with a recording of this concert was released in the same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/66253/Ennio+Morricone+Live |title=Soundtrack Collector, Ennio Morricone live, 1987 |publisher=Soundtrackcollector.com |date=13 May 2007 |access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref>

On 9 June 2000 Morricone went to the [[Flanders International Film Festival Ghent]] to conduct his music together with the [[National Orchestra of Belgium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DST13062000_036 |title=Kuipke luistert ademloos naar Ennio Morricone, De Standaard |publisher=Standaard.be |date=13 June 2000 |access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref> During the concert's first part, the screening of ''[[Richard III (play)|The Life and Death of King Richard III]]'' (1912) was accompanied with live music by Morricone. It was the very first time that the score was performed live in Europe. The second part of the evening consisted of an anthology of the composer's work. The event took place on the eve of [[Euro 2000]], the European Football Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref>[http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/articles/2000/02_Jun---Film_Score_Friday.asp "Ennio Morricone, Live in Ghent"], ''Film Score Monthly''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012919/http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/articles/2000/02_Jun---Film_Score_Friday.asp |date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>

Morricone performed over 250 concerts as of 2001.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130203211907/http://theflorencenewspaper.com/new/ennio-morricone-soon-in-florence/ "Ennio Morricone soon in Florence"], theflorencenewspaper.com, 12 October 2012</ref> The composer started a world tour in 2001, the latter part sponsored by [[Giorgio Armani]], with the [[Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta]], touring London (Barbican 2001; 75th birthday ''Concerto'', Royal Albert Hall 2003 with singer [[Dulce Pontes]]), Paris, [[Verona]], and Tokyo. Morricone performed his classic film scores at the [[Gasteig]] in Munich in 2004.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298397051 Morricone conducts Morricone: the Munich Concert 2004] WorldCat, accessed 8 September 2020</ref><!-- and Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in London, UK, on 1 & 2 December 2006-->
[[File:Morricone at United Nations HQ.jpg|thumb|left|Morricone at the [[United Nations Headquarters]]]]

He made his North American concert debut on 3 February 2007 at [[Radio City Music Hall]] in New York City. The previous evening, Morricone had already presented at the United Nations a concert comprising some of his film themes, as well as the cantata ''Voci dal silenzio'' to welcome the new Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. A ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' review bemoaned the poor acoustics and opined of Morricone: "His stick technique is adequate, but his charisma as a conductor is zero."<ref>Mark Swed: [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-05-et-morricone5-story.html "Composer is larger than life; concert isn't"]. ''Los Angeles Times''. 5 February 2007</ref>
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On 12 December 2007 Morricone conducted the Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta at the [[Wiener Stadthalle]] in Vienna, presenting a selection of his own works.
Together with the Roma Sinfonietta and the Belfast Philharmonic Choir, Morricone performed at the Opening Concerts of the [[Belfast Festival at Queen's]], in the [[Waterfront Hall]] on 17 and 18 October 2008.
Morricone and Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta also held a concert at the [[Belgrade Arena]] (Belgrade, Serbia) on 14 February 2009.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}-->
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On 10 April 2010 Morricone conducted a concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London with the [[Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta]] and (as in all of his previous London concerts) the [[Crouch End Festival Chorus]]. On 11 September he conducted a concert in [[Verona]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}-->

On 26 February 2012 Morricone made his Australian concert debut when he conducted the Western Australian Youth Orchestra together with a 100 voice chorus (made up primarily of [[West Australian Symphony Orchestra]] chorus members) at the Burswood Theatre (part of [[Crown Perth]] in Perth.<ref>[https://australianstage.com.au/201202285196/reviews/piaf/ennio-morricone-an-evening-with-the-maestro.html "Ennio Morricone: An Evening with the Maestro"], 28 February 2012, australianstage.com.au</ref> On 2 March 2012 he conducted the [[Adelaide Symphony Orchestra]] at [[Elder Park]], Adelaide, as part of the [[Adelaide Festival of Arts]].<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-05/clipsal-morricone-noise-clash-v8/3868226 "Morricone and V8s an embarrassing mix"], 5 March 2012, [[ABC News (Australia)]]</ref>

On 22 December 2012 Morricone conducted the 85-piece Belgian orchestra "Orkest der Lage Landen" and a 100-piece choir during a two-hour concert in the [[Sportpaleis]] in Antwerp.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://focus.knack.be/entertainment/film/filmnieuws/ennio-morricone-komt-dirigeren-in-sportpaleis/article-4000167056971.htm |title=Ennio Morricone komt dirigeren in Sportpaleis, 24 August 2012 |publisher=Focus.knack.be |date=17 June 2014 |access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref>

In November 2013 Morricone began a world tour to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his film music career and performed in locations such as the [[Crocus City Hall]] in Moscow, [[Santiago]], Chile, Berlin, Germany ([[Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin)|O2 World, Germany]]), Budapest, Hungary, and Vienna ([[Wiener Stadthalle|Stadthalle]]). Back in June 2014, Morricone had to cancel a US tour in New York ([[Barclays Center]]) and Los Angeles ([[Microsoft Theater|Nokia Theatre LA Live]]) due to a back procedure on 20 February. Morricone postponed the rest of his world tour.<ref>Jon Burlingame: [https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2014-05-18-sns-201405181909reedbusivarietyn1201185530-20140518-story.html "Ennio Morricone Tour Dates Canceled Due to Health Concerns"], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' 18 May 2014</ref>

In November 2014 Morricone stated that he would resume his European tour starting from February 2015 along with Dulce Pontes.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ALLcmyvfg | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/c2ALLcmyvfg| archive-date=29 October 2021|title=Een boodschap van Ennio Morricone |date=20 November 2014 |work=YouTube |access-date=22 October 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>