Armando Trovajoli

Armando Trovajoli
Trovajoli in 1960
Born2 September 1917
Died28 February 2013(2013-02-28) (aged 95)
Rome, Italy
Alma materAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Occupation(s)Film composer, pianist
Spouse
(m. 1962; div. 1969)

Armando Trovajoli (also Trovaioli, 2 September 1917 – 28 February 2013) was an Italian film composer and pianist with over 300 credits as composer and/or conductor, many of them jazz scores for exploitation films of the Commedia all'italiana genre. He collaborated with Vittorio De Sica on a number of projects, including one segment of Boccaccio '70. Trovajoli was also the author of several Italian musicals: among them, Rugantino and Aggiungi un posto a tavola.

Trovajoli was the husband of actress Pier Angeli. He died in Rome at the age of 95 on 28 February 2013.