ClimateWakeUp!Quiz
The Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian Consulate General in Edinburgh, in collaboration with Heriot-Watt University, are pleased to promote in Scotland and beyond the online survey “ClimateWakeUp!Quiz” created by ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development). What do we know about climate change and how is it affecting our […]
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XXI Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo
The Week of the Italian Language in the World is an event promoted yearly by the cultural and diplomatic network in the third week of October. It focuses on a theme that acts as the leitmotif of a vast cultural programme to promote the diffusion of the Italian language. The initiative was launched in 2001 […]
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Grazia Deledda The Revolutionary by Cecilia Mangini and Paolo Pisanelli
150 Anniversario Nascita Grazia Deledda Grazia Deledda, The Revolutionary Directed by Cecilia Mangini and Paolo Pisanelli Italy, 2021, 53′ Italian with English subtitles REGISTER HERE A cinematic journey that brings to life the world of Sardinian writer and ethnographer, Grazia Deledda, through unpublished documents and manuscripts. The first Italian woman and writer to obtain […]
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Togo | Dipinti e Incisioni
Togo’s art has been called Expressionist because of its vivid colours and its ability to press the figurative elements into following the dynamics of the composition; but I don’t think this definition is sufficient to express the force and beauty of his works. Expressionism arose in contraposition to a strict society, whose methods had become […]
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Energy and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities towards Net-Zero
The main objective of the event is to discuss the ongoing energy transition from conventional fossil fuels to clean energy: the Scottish and Italian perspectives, ahead of COP26, which will take place in Glasgow under UK Presidency, in partnership with Italy. Talks will include market penetration of technologies of the future; current/future demand; link to […]
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Joyce DiDonato & Il Pomo d’Oro | Edinburgh International Festival
The Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian Consulate General in Edinbugh are delighetd to welcome Mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato and Italian period instrument ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro at the Edinburgh International Festival 2021. With her exuberant musical personality, her sunlit voice and her fierce advocacy of the arts’ role in society, it’s no surprise that the […]
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Pistols for Two, Coffee for One: Duelling in History and Fiction
Profs Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin and Martin McLaughlin will discuss with Joe Farrell his recent book, Honour and the Sword: The Culture of Duelling (Signal Books). No study of western history can be complete without some account of the duel and the code of honour. What made two men arrange an encounter on the ‘field of […]
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Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2021 | Jazz from around the world: Italy with Novara Jazz Festival
The Italian Institute of Culture is delighted to support Jazz from around the world: Italy pt. 1 in collaboration with Novara Jazz Festival at Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2021. Novara Jazz Festival presents three jazz bands: Beatrice Arrigoni Quartet, a contemporary jazz quartet who draw on both the European and American jazz tradition; Anais Drago, […]
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Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2021 | Jazz from around the world: Italy with Italian Music Export
The Italian Institute of Culture is delighted to support Jazz from around the world: Italy pt. 2 in collaboration with Italian Music Export at Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2021. Italian Music Export brings us a triple bill of jazz. Italian double bass player Michelangelo Scandroglio is surely one of Italy’s young rising stars – […]
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Michelangelo Frammartino | Folk Film Gathering 2021
This year the Folk Film Gathering revolves around a theme of solidarity: exploring both the different stories that distinguish communities in different parts of the world, alongside certain aspects of experience that are shared in common. The online programme this year revolves in particular around a series of live conversations between filmmakers from very different […]
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