Istituto Di Cultura - Edimburgo

Elisa, one of Italy's finest singers is coming to Edinburgh! An intimate performance where Elisa will delight her audience with some of her Italian and English classics, together with songs from her latest album Diari Aperti/Secret Diaries. Counting collaborations with several international artists such as Ennio Morricone,...

On the occasion of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 the Italian Institute of Culture is proud to present Italian artists performing at the Fringe. From Stand Up Comedy, to Musical Performaces, from Drama to Children Shows, there's plenty for everyone! Read below for more information on all the shows or visit the Edinburgh...

Chopin Études Op.25Ravel MiroirsStravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka Winner of multiple piano awards, with a dazzling technique and probing, revelatory musicianship, Beatrice Rana is one of the most talked-about young pianists around today. With her muscular energy and her tender sense of poetry, she’s bee...

National Youth Orchestra of the USASir Antonio Pappano Conductor Joyce DiDonato Mezzo soprano Berlioz Les nuits d’étéProkofiev Symphony No 5   Flamboyant, captivating, constantly surprising: Kansas-born mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato is one of today’s classical music giants, with a personali...

Europa GalanteFabio Biondi Director / Violin Mozart & Monza Milanese Quartets The Italian period instrument Baroque orchestra journey through four of Mozart’s youthful string quartets and forgotten gems by Italian composer Carlo Monza. Sizzling energy; blazing vitality. Italian period instrument group Europa...

Out of Exile Join writer, poet and translator André Naffis-Sahely as he discusses the editing of an ambitious, generous and far-reaching project. The Heart of A Stranger is a diverse anthology of poetry, fiction and non-fiction about exile, a truly global treasury, featuring more than a hundred contributors acro...

  Maggie Rose in conversation with Vanni Carpenedo and Betty Andriolo   Playwright and theatre historian Maggie Rose will tell the story of the work and travels of Tristano Martinelli, the first Arlecchino. A contemporary of Shakespeare, this talented actor-author from Mantua gained star status throughout Europe...

Family born again A teenage girl is suddenly returned to the birth family she has never known in an intense English-language debut from Italian author Donatella Di Pietrantonio. A tale of responsibilities and traumatic rebirth, L'Arminuta (English language title: A Girl Returned) scooped up the coveted Campiello Prize...

Growing old gracefully With an ageing global population, the question of how to live long and well has never been more pertinent. In Borrowed Time, science writer Sue Armstrong harnesses the latest research to ask how and why we age. In Breakfast with the Centenarians, gerontology expert Daniela Mari turns to supercentenarians...

Miles Glendinning, Stefan Muthesius & Stefi Orazi BUILDING SOCIETIES Britain faces a housing crisis: what can the nation’s last major building scheme teach us? Architectural historians Miles Glendinning and Stefan Muthesius analyse the high-rise revolution in Towers for the Welfare State. Stefi Orazi widens the per...

Which Way I Fly is Hell Meet two cutting-edge novelists exploring different sections of Italian society. In Edoardo Albinati’s prize-winning The Catholic School, a shocking act of sexual violence by former students of a prestigious Rome boys' school reveals the powers behind Italian bourgeois society. Teacher and journa...

POP ART GURU The work of Eduardo Paolozzi left an indelible print on his hometown of Edinburgh. Fascinated by the artist’s approach of constant reinvention, Scottish poet Christine De Luca and University of Edinburgh academic Carlo Pirozzi, collaborators on Paolozzi at Large in Edinburgh, pay tribute to the Leith-...

  Silent City is a story that starts with people, whose unique voices are those of children and senior citizens – silent generations which lend their voices to the opera, together with composers, musicians, writers, singers, actors, drama tutors and international artists. The Italian Institute of Culture is d...