Like Leaves in Autumn
Responses to the war poetry of Giuseppe Ungaretti Launch of new publication, Like Leaves in Autumn. Responses to the war poetry of Giuseppe Ungaretti, edited by Carlo Pirozzi and Katherine Lockton. Translations by Heather Scott, Luath Press, Edinburgh, 2015. The book contains twenty one poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti in new English translation, twenty one new poems […]
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Le voci di dentro (Inner Voices, 1948)
by Eduardo De Filippo Performed in Italian and Neapolitan by students of the University of Edinburgh Eduardo De Filippo is among Italy’s mostprolific and distinguished contemporary playwrights of the 20th Century. Strongly influenced by the social milieu of his native Naples, his plays continue to be highly regarded and performed internationally more than thirty years […]
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Piano Recital Roberto Prosseda
Roberto Prosseda in Scotland Roberto Prosseda’s sensational discovery of new Mendelssohn works made headlines in Europe and lead to three Decca releases. His albums have won much acclaim in the press, including the CHOC from Le Monde de la Musique Classique, the Diapason d’Or and Chamber Music CD of the Month in the UK’s Classic […]
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Rodolfo Focarelli Concert
Rodolfo Focarelli started to study piano at 9 with M° Angela Chirofalo, artistic director of the “Campus delle Arti e dei Piaceri” and promoter of this event. Since 2008 he has continued his studies with Mr. Konstantin Bogino and Ms. Laura Pietrocini, thanks to which he was granted a diploma in piano in 2011. Furthermore, […]
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Roberto Prosseda’s recital
Roberto Prosseda in Scotland Roberto Prosseda’s recital at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland features the Piano-pédalier. In the late 1800’s there was a fashion for the Pedal Piano – two grand pianos stacked on top of each other, with the bottom instrument played using pedals much like an organ. Roberto Prosseda is the leading exponent […]
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Pasolini on the set of Il Vangelo secondo Matteo/The Gospel according to St. Matthew
Photos by Angelo Novi taken during the making of the film. Pasolini on the set of Il Vangelo secondo Matteo/The Gospel according to St. Matthew. Photos by Angelo Novi taken during the making of the film. Angelo Novi (1930- 1997) was one the greatest still photographer of the Italian cinema (he worked on the set […]
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Italian Film Festival
22nd Edition The annual Italian Film Festival has been delighting audiences for more than twenty years and has become an unmissable part of the cultural calendar. The loyal support of the Italian Cultural Institute and core venues across Scotland has allowed the Festival to screen the very best of new Italian cinema and celebrate the […]
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StAnza 2015
Scotland’s International Poetry Festival Book launch: War and Poetry Saturday 7 March 2015, 6.15-7.15 pmJ&G Innes Ltd, Booksellers, South Street, St Andrews, Free New Scottish poems inspired by Italy’s great poet Giuseppe Ungaretti, with Katherine Lockton, Carlo Pirozzi. This event launches a new Luath anthology that contains new translations of one of Italy’s most respected […]
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From Food to Freedom
The Global Struggle for a Local Agriculture Public Lecture by Carlo Petrini Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization, founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions, counteract the rise of fast life and combat people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from and how our […]
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A Bench On The Road
by Charioteer Theatre, written & directed by Laura Pasetti A Bench on the Road is the result of research commissioned in 2013 by the University of Edinburgh under the Italian-Scottish Research Cluster project (ISRC). The script, written by Laura Pasetti, is based on archival items held by the ISRC, such as recorded interviews and other […]
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