Putting on a show: Sicilian banquet food in the time of the Bourbons
Prima Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo Italian cooking is generally known as ‘cucina povera’, deeply rooted in the landscape and dependent upon whatever seasonal ingredients the land has to offer. It invites us to imagine fresh produce picked directly from the field, then simply prepared to create delicious, traditional food just the way mamma […]
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La Grande Bouffe by Marco Ferreri
Prima Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo Introduction and post screening discussion with Marco Palone Director: Marco FerreriCast: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi The most famous film by Italian provocateur Marco Ferreri (Dillinger is Dead), La Grande bouffe was reviled on release for its perversity, decadence and attack on the bourgeoisie yet […]
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Italian Cuisine Week with Celebrity Chef Fabio Campoli
As part of the celebrations of the First Italian Cuisine Week we are pleased to present an evening with Celebrity Chef for Scotland, Fabio Campoli. The evening will feature fine Italian produce from Valcomino in central Italy. The Comino Valley offers fabulous gastronomy in keeping with local traditions and by means of unmatched artisanal craft. Chef Fabio […]
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Italian Strings – Giovanni Sollima
Giovanni Sollima is an Italian composer and cellist. He was born into a family of musicians and studied cello with Giovanni Perriera and composition with his father, Eliodoro Sollima, at the Conservatorio di Palermo, where he graduated with highest honors. As a composer, Sollima’s influences are wide ranging, taking in jazz and rock, as well […]
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Dvorák Cello Concerto – Giovanni Sollima
For Dmitri Shostakovich, his Fifth Symphony wasn’t just a matter of life and death – it was more important than that. In the hands of dynamic guest conductor Omer Meir Wellber, it’s one of 20th century music’s most unforgettable experiences. And talking of unforgettable, meet Giovanni Sollima. There’s no-one quite like this Italian cello sensation, […]
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The Florence Flood of November 1966
‘So much fear, desperation, ruin, tears … Florence, my dear beautiful Florence, no longer exists’. Loredana Valmori Philip Cooke’s talk is on an unprecedented natural and cultural disaster – the great flood of Florence of 1966. On the morning of 4 November, after a sustained period of heavy rain, flood waters coursed through the city, […]
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Dante in Europa 2016 – verso il centenario del 2021
Il Parco Letterario ® Le Terre di Dante, in vista del 700° della morte del Poeta (2021), in collaborazione con la Società Dante Alighieri comincia un ampio tour in Europa che toccherà Edimburgo il 10 Novembre. Verrà presentata l’Italia vista da Dante, il suo peregrinare nei primi anni del 1300, la sua visione degli […]
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Mnemosyne – Galoshans Festival 2016
Mnemosyne è un progetto sulle memorie emotive sviluppato da Effetto Larsen, gruppo di lavoro multidisciplinare che da sempre concentra la propria ricerca artistica sulle relazioni tra persone. Mnemosyne era per i Greci la personificazione della memoria e la madre delle Muse: l’Arte, in tutte le sue forme, nasce dal passato, o meglio da ciò che […]
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Emanuele Arciuli at the Belfast Internation Arts Festival
The Italian Cultural Institute is very proud to welcome Emanuele Arciuli at the Belfast International Arts Festival. Emanuele Arciuli has established himself as one of the most original and interesting performers on today’s classical music scene. His repertoire ranges from Bach to contemporary music, with a strong affinity for composers from the United States. In […]
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Martina Peluso Exhibition
Martina Peluso was born in Naples (Italy), grew up in between Tuscany and Naples where she studied Art of Printing at the Institute of Art. She moved three years ago to Edinburgh where she now lives. She has worked in all areas of illustration including advertising ,packaging, editorial and design. Her artwork has been exhibited […]
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