Sonica Glasgow | FEMINA by Riccardo Giovinetto
Sonica Glasgow, the biennial festival dedicated to world-class music and audiovisual art for curious minds and adventurous spirits, is back for its 8th edition, presented by Cryptic, who are celebrating 30 years of innovation in 2024. Get ready to be immersed. Fusing the ancient with the modern, Riccardo Giovinetto’s FEMINA sets splinters of Renaissance paintings and processed snatches of polyphonic madrigals against contemporary […]
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European Day of Languages
On Friday 27th September, come to celebrate the European Day of Languages in Edinburgh, together with European consulates and cultural organisations at the Institut français d’Ecosse! The European Day of Languages will start with morning activities aimed at S2 and S3 pupils, aiming to celebrate, inspire and consolidate the importance of languages to young people. […]
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Stories Beyond Borders: Laura Imai Messina on the Italy-Japan Connection
Join us for an inspiring evening with internationally acclaimed author Laura Imai Messina, the creative mind behind the bestselling novel The Phone Box at the End of the World (Quel che affidiamo al vento). Dive into the heart of her storytelling magic as she discusses, in conversation with Prof Tess Maginess (Queen’s University), her insights on […]
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Moderata Fonte’s ‘The Worth of Women’ in Dundee and St Andrews
Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), New York’s distinguished Italian Theatre Company, brings The Worth of Women to Dundee and St Andrews this September. This is a wonderfully theatrical adaptation of Moderata Fonte’s remarkable book, written and published in 1600 and translated by Virginia Cox. Directed by Laura Caparrotti and Jay Stern. Dive into a powerful, […]
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Sonica Glasgow | All Above by Grand River with Marco Ciceri
Sonica Glasgow, the biennial festival dedicated to world-class music and audiovisual art for curious minds and adventurous spirits, is back for its 8th edition, presented by Cryptic, who are celebrating 30 years of innovation in 2024. Get ready to be immersed. On her new album All Above, Grand River – aka musician Aimée Portioli – investigates […]
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Sonica Glasgow | Nati Infiniti by Alessandro Cortini with Marco Ciceri
Sonica Glasgow, the biennial festival dedicated to world-class music and audiovisual art for curious minds and adventurous spirits, is back for its 8th edition, presented by Cryptic, who are celebrating 30 years of innovation in 2024. Get ready to be immersed. The festival will open on Thursday 19 September with the Scottish premiere of Nati Infiniti […]
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Exploring Caravaggio: An Insight from Historical Documents
Stefania Macioce presenta all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Edimburgo il suo libro Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Documenti, fonti e inventari – 1513-1848 (III edizione aggiornata, 2023).Il volume raccoglie, in ordine cronologico oltre 1.100 documenti d’archivio relativi alla vita e all’opera di Caravaggio, ai personaggi, processi, fatti e notizie che lo riguardano direttamente e non. Il libro […]
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FORTITUDO Exhibition – Orkney International Science Festival
The Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh is delighted to take part in the Orkney International Science Festival 2024, one of the world’s longest-established and most original science festivals, providing a platform for fresh ideas in an island setting. This year’s programme includes exhibitions with themes ranging from earth to sky. The great Antarctic explorer […]
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Gianandrea Noseda conducts Don Quixote | Edinburgh International Festival
European Union Youth Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda Conductor Nicolas Altstaedt Cello Carlos Simon Fate Now Conquers Strauss Don Quixote It is a tale which may already be familiar to you: the loveable rogue from La Mancha who lost himself in the pages of romantic literature and emerged as a chivalrous knight under the name Don Quixote. […]
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Gianandrea Noseda conducts The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra | Edinburgh International Festival
European Union Youth Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda Conductor Mahler 3rd movement (Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen) from Symphony No.1 Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is an expedition through the instrumental families of the orchestra, illustrating their different sounds and capabilities. Its light-hearted dissection […]
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