An Evening to celebrate Giuseppe Verdi
Music, discussion and a traditional Emilian dinner In homage to the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, VinCaffè Ristorante and the Italian Institute host an evening of music, discussion and a traditional Emilian dinner.After dinner there will be a short talk by Prof. Ilaria Dioli entitled: “Variations on Taste: Giuseppe Verdi Culinary Compositions”. The talk offers […]
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Antonio Forcione – Sketches of Africa
Antonio Forcione is an award-winning acoustic guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and artist of great talent. He breaks the mould of most conventional guitar sounds, in the fields of jazz, Spanish, African, Brazilian or improvised music. His albums have consistently topped UK and international jazz charts and worldwide he has shared the stage with some of the […]
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Journey to Italy – (Viaggio in Italia)
Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini Italy/France 1954 DCP 86 minutes Rated PG – Contains mild sex references Cast: Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban, Anna Proclemer, Paul Muller. English and Italian with English subtitlesJourney to Italy has been hailed as one of the finest films ever made and is recognised as one of Rossellini’s most masterful […]
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Second Sight – Series of Events
Second Sight – Series of Events A celebration of Europe Day ‘Europa, our First Migrant’ Thursday 9 May, 5.30pm Italian Cultural Institute, 82 Nicolson Street, Playwright Maggie Rose and author Salvatore Cabras will explore the original meaning of the term ‘Europa/Europe’. Along this path they revisit the Greek myth of ‘The Rape of Europa’ and its […]
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Second Sight
Elaine Shemilt and Craig Coulthard The Institute is delighted to present an exhibition of works by Elaine Shemilt and Craig Coulthard which explore some of the histories of Italian migration coming to Scotland. Anagrafe by Elaine Shemilt A series of four blind embossed prints Produced initially as colographs using a laser cutter on heavyweight Arches […]
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Long Exposures by Lorenzo Dalberto
Fine Art Library è lieta di ospitare una mostra fotografica a cura di Lorenzo Dalberto, giovane fotografo italiano.
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Second Sight
Second Sight Saturday 27 April – Sunday 21 July 2013 Stills, Scotland Centre of Photography 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh Developed in partnership with The Italian Cultural Institute and Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Second Sight is part of a three-year cycle of projects entitled Image/Identity, focusing on the phenomenon of human migration. Conceived to reflect the growing […]
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Italian Film Festival in Scotland
The Italian Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary edition in 2013. For two decades, the Festival, with the dedicated support of the Italian Cultural Institute, has brought the best of Italian cinema to Scottish venues and welcomed some of the most beloved and iconic figures in the Italian industry to present their films and discuss […]
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Spring Party with Verdi
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to invite you at the Spring Party with Verdi.The party will be followed by the screening of Othello in streaming from Teatro Regio di Parma. Free event but booking essential
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Sicula Butoh Dance performance “IL GIARDINO SEGRETO //0”
by Valeria Geremia, choreographer and dancer International ArtExpo Festival Sicula Butoh – Mimesi The spectators are absorbed by an atmosphere of suggestive audio-visual impact; in the opening minutes of the performance the almost imperceptible lighting accentuates this effect, giving the sensation of matter in movement.The scenery consists of two cloth sheets both 3mx3m in size […]
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