Gabriella Dall’Olio @ Edinburgh International Harp Festival
Gabriella Dall’Olio ….Plenty of strings attached…and Pedals! Gabriella will transport us on the magical wings of a harp on a musical journey through Italy and beyond. Her programme will feature popular and less well known music including music by Gioacchino Rossini and the film composer Nino Rota, (known for The Godfather theme) from Donizetti to […]
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RSA John Kinross Exhibition
The Italian Cultural Institute is delighted to present an exhibition by the Royal Scottish Academy which will feature work by recent RSA John Kinross scholars, as well as selected works from the prestigious RSA Collections (officially recognised by the Scottish Government as a Collection of National Significance). This coincides with the annual RSA New Contemporaries […]
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Years of Lead Reloaded | 40 Years After Aldo Moro’s Kidnapping
Years of Lead are a decade of political terrorism that hit Italy in the 1970s, both from the far-right and far-left. On March 16th, 1978, Italian political terrorism reached the peak of its harshness. Aldo Moro, former prime minister and leader of the ruling Christian Democracy party was kidnapped and murdered by the far-left wing […]
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Eighteenth Century Rome: Cardinal Alessandro Albani (and J. J. Winckelmann)
Eighteenth Century Rome: Cardinal Alessandro Albani (and J. J. Winckelmann) by Jane Lomholt Although tempted to centre this talk on Lesley Lewis’ book, Connoisseurs and Secret Agents in Eighteenth Century Rome (1961), which makes for exciting reading, I have decided to look at the Connoisseur side of Cardinal Albani’s activities on this occasion. It would […]
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Rosaspina’s Banquet – Il Banchetto di Rosaspina
A lantern lights the path, a singing bowl between the corridors of the castle leads to the world of the dream, a world beyond space and time, to Rosaspina’s Banquet. ” Once upon a time there lived a king and a queen who said to each other every day of their lives: – Oh, if […]
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Europa a Lampedusa
Italian Studies is delighted to present an original play performed, in Italian and English, by students from European languages, in collaboration with ECA Animation Department, Modern Dance Society, and Edinburgh Studio Opera. The play brings us to the island of Lampedusa, where a migrant woman, called Europa, has just arrived after a long and terrifying […]
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Carnevale con LyraDanz
In Italy Carnevale occurs before the liturgical season of Lent – the name comes from Latin carnem levare «farewell to meat»- and its celebrations mostly take place the last three days of this period or even just on martedì grasso, (Shrove Tuesday) that precedes Ash Wednesday, officially the end of Carnevale. Celebrations, still linked to […]
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Awards Italy Made Me 2017
The Consul General of Italy and the Principal of LUISS University, Prof Paola Severino will present the awards to 3 Italian researchers operating in Scotland who received part of their education in Italy, in recognition of their innovative research conducted in different fields. This initiative is coordinated by the Italian Embassy in London, in collaboration […]
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Unesco and Italy, when ‘il Belpaese’ is in the Guinness Book of Records
Who decides which sites will become World Heritage Sites? How many sites of a single country are nominated every year? And how is it possible that some key places for the Italian history and arts have not yet entered the list? In this lecture, delivered by Stefano Brambilla we will find out how a UNESCO site is […]
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A Collective Exhibition
Edinburgh Imaging’s Medical Research An exhibition of eight striking scientific images highlighting the significant contributions made to Edinburgh Imaging by Italian scientists. The exhibition will showcase how radiologists, medical physicians, engineers, image analysts, chemists, biologists and IT specialists at Edinburgh Imaging, continuously work together, to share knowledge and skills in order to produce world-leading imaging […]
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