Enrico Zanisi Solo | Alan Benzie/Helena Kay Duo | 2023 Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Enrico Zanisi Solo | Alan Benzie/Helena Kay Duo Saturday 15th July 2023 | 20:30 | 150 min A welcome return for this great piano talent from Rome. His broad palette covers influences from Schumann and Wagner presented with the dynamics of contemporary jazz. Subtle, tender music full of exciting and inventive melodies. Opening the evening is […]
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Fare Cinema 2023 | L’Abbraccio. Storia di Antonino e Stefano Saetta
The story of the judge Antonino Saetta and his son Stefano, victims of a vicious ambush perpetrated by Cosa Nostra 35 years ago, is unfortunately a story often forgotten. Two young Sicilians, the director Davide Lorenzano and the producer Cristian Patanè, decided to tell it through the docufilm “L’Abbraccio. Storia di Antonino e Stefano Saetta“, […]
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Verdi – Requiem | RSNO
The Italian Institute of Culture is very proud to be associated with the RSNO’s exciting new 2022:23 Season. A wonderful Season of music with Music Director Thomas Søndergård, a fantastic orchestra and a host of amazing guest artists. VERDI REQUIEM Thomas Søndergård Conductor Emily Magee Soprano David Junghoon Kim Tenor George Andguladze Bass RSNO Chorus Stephen Doughty […]
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Soprano Carmela Remigio with Corrado Valvo | Italian National Day 2023
On the occasion of the Italian National Day, 2nd June, Festa della Repubblica, the Consulate General of Italy for Scotland and Northern Ireland organises a reception on Tuesday, 30th May at 7:00 pm at the Playfair Hall, Surgeons Quarter (Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DW). The Ambassador of Italy to the United Kingdom, H.E. Inigo Lambertini […]
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“Lucidi Lapilli”: Gemstones in Dante’s work
Professor Annibale Mottana is a Fellow of the Lincean Academy in Rome and is an authority among the scientists in petrology and spectroscopy. He investigated precious stones in all of Dante’s works (they are mentioned 50 times and 10 times in the Divine Comedy). The aim of his paper is to illustrate the significance for […]
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Karate workshop with Luigi Busà
The Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh, Shuzoku Wado-Kai Association with Dalry Karate Group are delighted to invite you to a karate workshop with Italian karateka Luigi Busà, first-ever gold medal in the men’s kumite 75 kg event at Tokyo 2020 Olympics, on Sunday, 14th May 2023 at the “Engage Sports Centre” campus of Edinburgh […]
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The 58th season of the INDA Foundation at the Greek Theatre in Siracusa
Four new productions, 200 artists on stage, a tour in the most prestigious Italian theatres. The 58th Season of the INDA Foundation at the Greek Theatre offers an ambitious program, with top names and an eye towards the future, thanks to a record-breaking edition of the International Youth Classical Theatre Festival in Palazzolo Acreide, involving […]
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A Walk with Alda Merini. Alda Merini in her own words
The Italian Institute of Culture and CETEC – Spazio Alda Merini are pleased to present A Walk with Alda Merini. Alda Merini in her own words on Thursday, 4 May 2023 at 6:00 pm at the Italian Institute of Culture (82 Nicolson St, Edinburgh EH8 9EW). This storytelling-talk, with music and song, drawing on the […]
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Dante | Alessandro Barbero in conversation with Allan Cameron
Dante Alighieri, whose death arrived at its seventh centenary in 2021, is known in Italian as the Sommo Poeta or more simply as the Poeta, much as Shakespeare is referred to as the Bard, and of course he is famous for having written the Divine Comedy, a long narrative poem in three parts in which […]
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Il Corpo nel Suono 2023
Since 2015, the international conference Il Corpo nel Suono, dedicated to the synergy between music and dance, promoted by Accademia nazionale di Danza (National Dance Academy, AND) of Rome, has encouraged the culture of dance and the application of good practices to increase cooperation and exchange at an international level and create a platform for […]
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