Gianni Ferrio

Gianni Ferrio (1924-2013) was an Italian composer, arranger and conductor, born in Vicenza. He wrote music for more than a hundred films, many of them westerns and Italian comedies. He is best remembered for his long partnership with the singer Mina, for whom he wrote Parole parole. Ferrio studied violin and composition, attended the conservatories of Vicenza and Venice, began conducting in the 1940s and moved to Milan and then Rome.