The Gospel According to Matthew
Screening of “The Gospel According to Matthew” (Il Vangelo secondo Matteo, 1964), which just celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014. The film uses the Gospel of St. Matthew as a direct source for the screenplay and was shot with non-professional actors on various locations in Central and Southern Italy, among which the famous Sassi of […]
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Pasolini’s Passion by Prof. Paolo Valesio
Wednesday 25 March, 4 p.m to 5 p.m. : OPEN MEETING at the Italian Cultural Institute with Angela Felice, Director of Centro Studi P.P. Pasolini of Casarsa, and R. Gordon, professor at the University of Cambridge. Rare videos and interviews with PP Pasolini will be presented and commented by Angela Felice, as well as […]
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Like Leaves in Autumn
Responses to the war poetry of Giuseppe Ungaretti Launch of new publication, Like Leaves in Autumn. Responses to the war poetry of Giuseppe Ungaretti, edited by Carlo Pirozzi and Katherine Lockton. Translations by Heather Scott, Luath Press, Edinburgh, 2015. The book contains twenty one poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti in new English translation, twenty one new poems […]
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Le voci di dentro (Inner Voices, 1948)
by Eduardo De Filippo Performed in Italian and Neapolitan by students of the University of Edinburgh Eduardo De Filippo is among Italy’s mostprolific and distinguished contemporary playwrights of the 20th Century. Strongly influenced by the social milieu of his native Naples, his plays continue to be highly regarded and performed internationally more than thirty years […]
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Piano Recital Roberto Prosseda
Roberto Prosseda in Scotland Roberto Prosseda’s sensational discovery of new Mendelssohn works made headlines in Europe and lead to three Decca releases. His albums have won much acclaim in the press, including the CHOC from Le Monde de la Musique Classique, the Diapason d’Or and Chamber Music CD of the Month in the UK’s Classic […]
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Rodolfo Focarelli Concert
Rodolfo Focarelli ha iniziato lo studio del pianoforte a 9 anni sotto la guida di Angela Chiofalo (direttrice artistica del Campus delle Arti e dei Piaceri promotore dell’odierna manifestazione). Dal 2008 prosegue i suoi studi con Konstantin Bogino e Laura Pietrocini, sotto la guida dei quali si diploma in pianoforte nel 2011. Grazie alla partecipazione […]
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Roberto Prosseda’s recital
Roberto Prosseda in Scotland Roberto Prosseda’s recital at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland features the Piano-pédalier. In the late 1800’s there was a fashion for the Pedal Piano – two grand pianos stacked on top of each other, with the bottom instrument played using pedals much like an organ. Roberto Prosseda is the leading exponent […]
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Pasolini sul set de Il Vangelo secondo Matteo
nelle fotografie di scena e di set di Angelo Novi Pasolini sul set de Il Vangelo secondo Matteo nelle fotografie di scena e di set di Angelo Novi Angelo Novi (1930-1997) è stato uno dei più grandi fotografi di scena del cinema italiano (ha lavorato sui set di Bernardo Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Comencini, Alberto […]
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Italian Film Festival
22nd Edition The annual Italian Film Festival has been delighting audiences for more than twenty years and has become an unmissable part of the cultural calendar. The loyal support of the Italian Cultural Institute and core venues across Scotland has allowed the Festival to screen the very best of new Italian cinema and celebrate the […]
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StAnza 2015
Scotland’s International Poetry Festival Book launch: War and Poetry Saturday 7 March 2015, 6.15-7.15 pm J&G Innes Ltd, Booksellers, South Street, St Andrews, Free New Scottish poems inspired by Italy’s great poet Giuseppe Ungaretti, with Katherine Lockton, Carlo Pirozzi.This event launches a new Luath anthology that contains new translations of one of Italy’s most respected […]
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