Ginevra degli Almieri
Love in Florence Scottish International Storytelling Festival A journey through the old streets of Florence rediscovering the life of Ginevra degli Almieri, with storyteller Giovanna Conforto and art historian Daniela Corradini. This incredible love story could be one of the sources of inspirations for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, but the roots of the legend are […]
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Seeing Stories: Symposium
Scottish International Storytelling Festival Hear about the development of story collecting and interpretative projects – and performances – in Aachen, Florence, Lisbon, Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders. With project partners from Germany, Italy, Portugal and Scotland. Free ticketed.
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I demoni di San Pietroburgo (The Demons of St. Petersburg)
Giuliano Montaldo, 2007, 118 mins Italian Cinema at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow The first programme of specially chosen films showcasing the brilliant diversity of Italian cinema. The screenings will be introduced by Dr. Pasquale Iannone of the University of Edinburgh. As he attempts to complete his latest work, the great Russian novelist Fyodor […]
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“Ottocento Romantico e generi” by Fiorenza Taricone
The eighteenth century – usually identified with national unification and Romanticism – was for Italian women the time of the first female associations strategically claiming rights as well as a period of hard struggles to modify gender stereotypes in order to transform women from objects into active subjects. It was also the century of gender […]
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The Road to Meikle Seggie
Richard Demarco Scottish International Storytelling Festival In the 1970s Richard Demarco embarked on a series of journeys, starting in Edinburgh, to recover a sense of our living culture in the environments around us. These radiated out across Europe, underpinning the internationalism of this unique Scottish-Italian artist and the curator’s own extraordinary journey. Forty years later the […]
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What Italian?
Nicola Gardini XIV Settimana Della Lingua Italiana Nel Mondo This year the World Italian Language Week (Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo), has been chosen by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs to promote the Italian Language throughout the world focusing on the theme: Scrivere la nuova Europa: editoria italiana, autori e lettori nell’era digitale. […]
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Nuovi strumenti per la promozione della lingua italiana
I corsi di lingua nell’era digital XIV Settimana Della Lingua Italiana Nel Mondo This year the World Italian Language Week (Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo), has been chosen by the Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale to promote the Italian Language throughout the world focusing on the theme: Scrivere la nuova Europa: […]
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La masseria delle allodole (The Lark Farm)
Paolo e Vittorio Taviani, 2007, 122 mins Italian Cinema at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow The first programme of specially chosen films showcasing the brilliant diversity of Italian cinema. The screenings will be introduced by Dr. Pasquale Iannone of the University of Edinburgh. Award-winning Italian filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Padre Padrone, Caesar Must […]
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Daklen Difato
Reid School of Music. Lunchtime Concert. Daklen Difato · piano BEETHOVEN Sonata Op.31 No.2 ‘The Tempest’. SCHUMANN Papillons Op.2. SCHOENBERG Klavierstücke Op.19. DEBUSSY Estampes. Born in Matera, Southern Italy, on May 26, 2000, Daklen Difato began studying piano at age 7 with Maestro V. De Filpo and at 8 years of age, was eligible to […]
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Hotel Meina
Carlo Lizzani, 2007, 110 mins Italian Cinema at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow The first programme of specially chosen films showcasing the brilliant diversity of Italian cinema. The screenings will be introduced by Dr. Pasquale Iannone of the University of Edinburgh. Based on true events, the final feature from acclaimed Italian filmmaker and historian […]
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