A Glimpse into Silent City
The Italian Institute of Culture is supporting Silent City, a project for Matera European Capital of Culture 2019, created and co-produced by Compagnia Teatrale L’Albero and Fondazione Matera-Basilicata 2019 with Orchestra Senzaspine (Bologna) and Opera Circus UK. It is an artistic collaboration which combines the strengths of two highly regarded electronic studios and courses of […]
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Edoardo Albinati & Alessandro D’Avenia | Edinburgh International Book Festival
Alessandro D’Avenia is no longer able to appear and this event will go ahead with Edoardo Albinati. 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 […]
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Christine De Luca & Carlo Pirozzi | Edinburgh International Book Festival
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-born sculptor who was seen as a […]
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Stefi Orazi | Edinburgh International Book Festival
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 perspective with Modernist Estates — Europe, exploring some of the […]
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Daniela Mari | Edinburgh International Book Festival
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 to learn the […]
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Donatella Di Pietrantonio | Edinburgh International Book Festival
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 in Italy, marking Di Pietrantonio as a […]
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André Naffis-Sahely | Edinburgh International Book Festival
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 across six continents. With readings from David […]
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The First Arlecchino, a European Superstar
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. Vanni Carpenedo’s Arlecchino is living proof that Arlecchino’s […]
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Europa Galante & Fabio Biondi | Edinburgh International Festival
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 Galante and founding director Fabio Biondi match taut, thrillingly virtuosic playing with sheer […]
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Sir Antonio Pappano | Edinburgh International Festival
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 personality as vibrant and joyful as her breathtaking voice. She joins the Carnegie Hall-based National Youth […]
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