Fabio Giachino Trio /Dave Milligan solo | Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
David Milligan is the Scottish pianist whose crossover interest between traditional music and jazz has helped to forge a new norm where musicians from both genres feel comfortable in each other’s territory. His pianism brings extraordinary new light to this fertile ground, especially in this intimate solo setting. Fabio Giachino is another piano virtuoso, creating […]
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PS Jazz Sextet | Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
A brand-new band packed with super-talented young musicians from both Piedmont (Italy) and Scotland, led by Liam Shortall (trombone) and Enrico Degani (guitar). Crossing musical genres they fuse full-on jazz attack, high-octane improvisation with deep jazz respect. Also featuring Mattia Chiappin (trumpet) and Giuseppe Vitale (piano), David Bowden (bass) and Graham Costello (drums). For further […]
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Bomba Titinka | Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
The band that deliver a raucous, dance inducing take on Electro Swing, return with a new line-up and a new energy. Mixing a swirl of jive, with swing and early Rock ‘n’ Roll, their retro sound, that seems to come from a tube radio, mixes with modern beats and grooves. Singer and bassist, Wanda Lassarovich, […]
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Bandakadabra | Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
The fantastic Italian street band is packed with high quality musicians and ready to party with audiences of all types. Bandakadabra play everything that will make people at Carnivals, outdoor Festivals, weddings, parties, concerts and all manner of social occasions feel good, but their specialities are wild Balkan dances; traditional Mediterranean marches and they love […]
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Speaking in Cultures | Keynote Speaker: Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri will respond to the theme of the Official Opening of the Edinburgh 2019 SIS Biennial at the Scottish Parliament – Speaking in Cultures. Jhumpa Lahiri is Professor of Creative Writing at the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton. She has received several prestigious awards for her writing, including the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 […]
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Society for Italian Studies, Biennial Conference 2019
Italian Studies at the University of Edinburgh are delighted to celebrate their Centenary (1919-2019) by hosting the 2019 Biennial Conference of the Society for Italian Studies UK. The Conference will bring some 250 delegates to Edinburgh for a 3-day programme comprising 75 Panel Sessions, 5 Keynote Lectures delivered by Susan Bassnett, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lino Pertile, […]
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Genoa – Mediterranean and back, a journey through Crêuza de mä | Exhibition on Fabrizio De André
The exhibition Genoa-Mediterranean and back: a journey through Crêuza de mä, is the outcome of an educational project, promoted in 2014 by Coop Liguria and designed by film-maker Matteo Valenti, on Fabrizio De André’s 1984 album – all sang in Genoan dialect . Together with students from six art institutes and one artist, Matteo Valenti has turned […]
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Seeing What You Think: The Future of Artificial Intelligence-Driven Quantum Cameras
The Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian Consulate, in collaboration with Italian Academics in Scotland, are pleased to announce a series of events where science meets the general public. During this second event, Daniele Faccio will explain how a new camera technology, combined with artificial neural networks and artificial intelligence (AI), allows scientists to […]
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Of the Warm South
They are among us. They write novels and poems and plays, published or still unpublished, both in English and in their own language and sometimes even in their local dialect. They’re the Italian writers and aspiring writers of Northern Ireland and they’re very much looking forward to meeting you through a discussion mediated by Dr. […]
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AIRITalks, Where Science Meets People
The Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian Consulate, in collaboration with Italian academics, are creating a series of events where modern science meets the general public. During the first event AIRIcerca Scotland Chapter, will present AIRItalks.AIRItalks are informal seminars held by Italian academics living in Scotland on topics spanning from medicine, immunology, psychology, art, engineering, literature, […]
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