What does the eye tell us about our health?
The eye is a powerful observatory on our health. A complex network of blood vessels can be inspected directly and inexpensively through the pupil. Can these blood vessels and their changes signal the risk of serious systemic problems, like cardiovascular disease or dementia? Three researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee discuss their work […]
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Italian Cuisine Week with Celebrity Chef Fabio Campoli
As part of the celebrations of the First Italian Cuisine Week we are pleased to present an evening with Celebrity Chef for Scotland, Fabio Campoli. The evening will feature fine Italian produce from Valcomino in central Italy. The Comino Valley offers fabulous gastronomy in keeping with local traditions and by means of unmatched artisanal craft. […]
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Italian Strings – Giovanni Sollima
Giovanni Sollima is an Italian composer and cellist. He was born into a family of musicians and studied cello with Giovanni Perriera and composition with his father, Eliodoro Sollima, at the Conservatorio di Palermo, where he graduated with highest honors.As a composer, Sollima’s influences are wide ranging, taking in jazz and rock, as well as […]
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Dvorák Cello Concerto
For Dmitri Shostakovich, his Fifth Symphony wasn’t just a matter of life and death – it was more important than that. In the hands of dynamic guest conductor Omer Meir Wellber, it’s one of 20th century music’s most unforgettable experiences. And talking of unforgettable, meet Giovanni Sollima. There’s no-one quite like this Italian cello sensation, […]
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The Florence Flood of November 1966
‘So much fear, desperation, ruin, tears … Florence, my dear beautiful Florence, no longer exists’. Loredana Valmori Philip Cooke’s talk is on an unprecedented natural and cultural disaster – the great flood of Florence of 1966. On the morning of 4 November, after a sustained period of heavy rain, flood waters coursed through the city, […]
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Dante in Europa 2016 – verso il centenario del 2021
Il Parco Letterario ® Le Terre di Dante, in vista del 700° della morte del Poeta (2021), in collaborazione con la Società Dante Alighieri comincia un ampio tour in Europa che toccherà Edimburgo il 10 Novembre. Verrà presentata l’Italia vista da Dante, il suo peregrinare nei primi anni del 1300, la sua visione degli uomini […]
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Mnemosyne – Galoshans Festival 2016
Mnemosyne is a site-sensitive project about emotional memories connected to places. Mnemosyne was the personification of memory for the ancient Greeks: daughter of Uranus and Gea, Sky and Earth, mother of the Muses. Art, in all its forms, arises from the past, or rather from what the past leaves on us. That is where the […]
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Emanuele Arciuli at the Belfast International Arts Festival
The Italian Cultural Institute is very proud to welcome Emanuele Arciuli at the Belfast International Arts Festival. Emanuele Arciuli has established himself as one of the most original and interesting performers on today’s classical music scene. His repertoire ranges from Bach to contemporary music, with a strong affinity for composers from the United States. In […]
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Martina Peluso Exhibition
Martina Peluso was born in Naples (Italy), grew up in between Tuscany and Naples where she studied Art of Printing at the Institute of Art. She moved three years ago to Edinburgh where she now lives. She has worked in all areas of illustration including advertising ,packaging, editorial and design. Her artwork has been exhibited […]
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Show cancellation – A Conversation with Dario Fo
We are sorry to announce that A Conversation with Dario Fo (The Lyceum, Sunday 9 October) has been cancelled. Dario Fo is unwell and not able to make the journey to Edinburgh. Ticket holders should contact The Lyceum for refunds – 0131 248 4848. The rest of the festival continues as planned, celebrating Dario and […]
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