“I came face to face with two marvels.
“The best response, in these moments, is to shut up and be amazed.”
These words were said by Maestro Nicola Piovani, who won an Oscar in 1999 for the music of Roberto Benigni’s ‘La vita é bella’, which won the award for best foreign film, during a visit to the National Archaeological Museum where the two ‘warriors’, whose 50th anniversary of discovery falls this year, are on display.
Piovani took advantage of his presence in Reggio Calabria, taking a break to admire the Bronzes.
He was in town to conduct the final concert of the ‘Cosmos Festival’ of science, culture and society, organised by the Metropolitan City.
“The Bronze Statues of Riace,” Piovani added, “come from a magical period in human history in which beauty and greatness were born, a period that still arouses amazement in us today on an artistic, philosophical, cultural and political level.”
