MySpace Profiles

This is our cache of the profile last indexed on Monday, November 05, 2007. Visit MySpace for updated profile. MySpaceProfiles.org is a search engine that indexes publicly available profile information from MySpace for convenient searching and display. If you are the author of this profile and do not wish to display it here please click here.

12 more pictures

Rita Charbonnier's Profile
Age:	99 years old
Sex:	Female
Location:	Roma
Country:	Italy
Zodiac:	Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19)
Last Login:	Nov 5, 2007 (753 days back)
I am Here For Friends and Networking.

Get a counter like this for your MySpace

About Me
Welcome to my page! I’m Rita Charbonnier, author of MOZART'S SISTER ( Random House, Crown Publishers ). The novel has also been published in Spanish , French , German , Dutch , and Italian . Here you’ll find information about my writing and the wonderful Nannerl Mozart - a musical genius born in the body of a woman. I live in Rome, Italy. I've studied piano and opera singing, I'm a former musical theatre actress, and I also write scripts for television. I've been working for various TV programs, among which “La Squadra”, the Italian version of the British series “The Bill” ( Fremantle ), and “Sottocasa”, the Italian version of the German daily soap “Marienhof” ( Bavaria ). One of my works won the “Film Story Competition” of Euroscript; a second work won the “Premio Dora” at the 2001 Torino Film Festival. MOZART'S SISTER is my first novel. Order the book from Amazon.com - Amazon.co.uk
My Interests
I'd like to meet: MOZART'S SISTER is the story of a little girl born in Austria in 1751 who was a musical genius. Music came as naturally to this little girl as breathing and nothing gave her greater enjoyment than making music: her little hands would fly effortlessly over the keys of her harpsichord, and she was able to write down any tune she heard from memory. She also had an uncanny ability to transform everyday sounds into music, and such was her sensitivity to harmony that a lack of it was enough to give her an upset tummy. “What a pity she is a girl,” thought her father aware that her sex would preclude her from aspiring to a career as a composer. He decided against allowing her to study the violin, composition and improvisation: it would be a waste of time and money. Then one happy day the couple’s dreams came true and a son was born. It didn’t take the proud parents long to realise, against all odds, he too was a musical infant prodigy. Their names were Maria Anna (known as Nannerl) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Nannerl’s existence has been largely ignored by her brother’s numerous biographers. The only times she is mentioned is to emphasise her brother’s genius when comparing it to her presumed slowness of mind. All the same, ample documentation exists of Nannerl’s extraordinary musical talent. During their childhood the “Mozart Children” performed together as child prodigies. In posters and newspaper articles of the day, it was Nannerl’s name which came first. We know that Nannerl wrote music, even though none of her compositions has survived to the present day. In his letters to his sister, Mozart makes clear reference to her compositions and encourages her to write more because “your music is beautiful!” We also know Wolfgang greatly appreciated Nannerl’s virtuosity. As an adult, he often asked for her opinion on his music and referred to her as “my sister, the one with real talent”. MOZART'S SISTER is the story of a vibrant 18th century female figure, that nevertheless closely resembles a woman of the modern day. Throughout her life, Nannerl struggles to affirm her own musicality against her extremely controlling father. Even Nannerl’s discovery of love is connected to music: the two men in her life try to prevent her from being a concert pianist or encourage her to go back to it. The novel flows between historical truth and fiction, tragedy, lightness and humour, feelings, sound and noise. It tells of how the great talent of a woman withers, as she learns from life to change the shape of events and not to complain about having been left in the shade. It is the touching story of a woman who endures a world that she doesn’t belong to, a woman who steps onto the threshold of fame, a woman who has the inner turbulence and conflict of genius. Order the book from Amazon.com - Amazon.co.uk Book launches in some Italian cities
Books: Book launch in Rome, May 2007
Heroes: Mozart's sister, of course!
My Background and Lifestyle
MaritalStatus:	In a Relationship
Occupation:	Writer
My Pictures

My Blog
(EN, IT) BookPage Review!
Living in the shadow of a prodigy REVIEW BY KAREN ANN CULLOTTA Readers who shun historical fiction, dismissing the genre as a literary oxymoron, be forewarned: Rita Charbonnier's novel, Mozart's Siste... Posted by Rita Charbonnier on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:09:00 PST
(EN) MOZART’S SISTER press release
Wolfgang was not the only musically gifted Mozart"Charbonnier brings Nannerl's relationship with music to life, from the joy in composing to interpreting a score to the physical nuances of performing.... Posted by Rita Charbonnier on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:44:00 PST
(EN) MOZARTS SISTER: what this novel is about
Salzburg, 1756. A five old girl is giving a performance at the harpsichord that stupefies her aristocratic audience. Her fingers are extremely fast, the little hands creating limpid sounds like those ... Posted by Rita Charbonnier on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:42:00 PST
(IT) Blog in italiano
Visita il mio blog su Blogger! Si parla di Mozart, ma non solo. Tra gli argomenti, musica su Internet, questioni di scrittura, televisione...Ti aspetto!... Posted by Rita Charbonnier on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:03:00 PST
(IT) Ascolta l'intervista a Rita Charbonnier per la Radio Svizzera
Intervista radiofonica per la RTSI, Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana, realizzata a Lugano il 26 maggio 2007 nell'ambito del programma Ridotto dell'Opera di Giorgio Appolonia.Per ascoltare ... Posted by Rita Charbonnier on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:00:00 PST
My Friends
100AUTORI, Sylvia Plath, Alain de Botton, Simone de Beauvoir, Vittorio Sonsini, Kristel, Elena, Rolando Ravello, Meredith Monk, Nitin Sawhney, Lisa Gerrard, Krisinger, Umberto Eco, Jean Erasmus, Alexandre Dumas' Official Tribute Page, nannerl, Jeanette Sollén, Maya Beiser, Barbatuques, Joni Mitchell, FiOnA, penelope, Vesna, Anna Talò, HUGO FATTORUSO, Johan, Internet Book Database, ian d. marsden, Bo Cayce, Sublimius, Albert Maksimov, Eva Clesis, Kate Bush, Angelo Orlando Meloni, giorgio, Stregatto Editore, david, vestra, Giovanni...vecchio idealista, Vittorio Sonsini & Granoduro, Francesco Sullo, Les Wilson, Dubdiver, JAG NIJJER, Peace, BRaggia, Gary, Marco, "so anche cucinare", Jan Furlan, Jo Anna, bruce bellingham, Shari Rita Charbonnier has 273 friends (53 shown). Click here to add Rita Charbonnier as a friend.
Tags
Rita Charbonnier's profile has been tagged with the following keywords. Click a tag to search for profiles with the same tags. roma italy, italian version, torino film festival, mozarts, rita, amazon, novel, rome italy, marienhof, musical genius, nannerl mozart, crown publishers, body of a woman, daily soap, story competition, film story, fremantle, random house, musical theatre