Festa della Musica 2026 – I Nomadi: Celebrating Irish-Italian Film & Music
I Nomadi: Celebrating Irish-Italian Film & Music Light House Cinema, Smithfield, Sunday 21 June, h 6:00–7:15, €10. Including the premiere of The Piano Nomad short documentary (d. Luke McManus) and shorts from Cara Holmes, Luca Truffarelli & Alex Sapienza. With special live performance by Antoni O’Breskey, Joe McHugh, Barry Carroll, Consuelo Breschi (Varo, Landless) Followed […]
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Festa della Musica 2026 in Dublin – La voce dei luoghi
To mark Festa della Musica 2026, the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Ireland, is presenting three events celebrating the richness and diversity of Italian music, in dialogue with local and international influences. Taking place at different venues across the city, the programme offers an opportunity to explore a range […]
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Festa della Musica 2026 – Concert & Album Launch – Maja Elliott & Marco Giaccaria
Aișvarya – Classical, Ethnic, Irish and Jazz. An evocative musical journey where classical, ethnic, jazz, and contemporary influences come together in a rich and expressive dialogue. Italian composer and multi-instrumentalist Marco Giaccaria and pianist, singer, and composer Maja Elliott present Aișvarya, their new album inspired by the ancient Sanskrit concept of abundance, inner fullness, and […]
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Festa della musica 2026 – Concert: “Timeless Jazz Music: Italian & International Hits”
We celebrate Festa della Musica 2026 with a live performance at the Italian Institute of Culture. Timeless Jazz Music: Italian & International Hits A musical journey through time, featuring beloved Italian and international songs from the 1950s and 1960s, alongside contemporary reinterpretations of iconic pop classics – from Fred Buscaglione to Amy Winehouse, passing through […]
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Bloomsday in Galway: Stories of James Joyce and his muse Nora Barnacle
We are delighted to invite you to a special Bloomsday celebration in Galway, dedicated to the legacy of James Joyce and his muse, Nora Barnacle. The event is organised by the Galway Tour Guide Association with the support of the James Joyce Centre and the Wild Atlantic Way, with the patronage of the Italian Institute […]
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LUNEDÌ AL CINEMA – Screening of “Martin Eden” by Pietro Marcello (2019) – ITA SUB ENG
We are pleased to conclude our spring LUNEDÌ AL CINEMA series with Martin Eden, directed by Pietro Marcello and based on the novel of the same name, starring Luca Marinelli. After rescuing Arturo, the young heir of an industrial bourgeois family, from a beating, the sailor Martin Eden is welcomed into the boy’s home. There […]
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Italian National Day
On June 4, celebrations for Italy’s National Day were held at the St Helen’s Hotel in Dublin, attended by more than 300 guests, including Irish national authorities (among them the Chair of the Italy–Ireland Parliamentary Friendship Group, Senator Joe Conway, and the Attorney General, Rossa Fanning), local officials, members of the diplomatic corps, and representatives […]
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Italian Research Day in Ireland
On June 4, the first Italian Research Day in Ireland was held in Dublin, bringing together more than 80 Italian researchers from the country’s leading universities and research centres. The initiative, organised for the first time in Ireland by the Embassy of Italy in Dublin in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC), aimed to […]
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LUNEDÌ AL CINEMA – Screening of “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso” by Giuseppe Tornatore (1988) – ITA SUB ENG
On Monday, May 25, at 6:00 pm, the film “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso” by Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore will be screened at our Institute, as part of the Lunedì al Cinema series. A director recalls his childhood in a small Italian village where he grew up, falling in love with the art of cinema and forming […]
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Norma – Opera by Vincenzo Bellini
NormaPassion. Betrayal. Divine Music. Irish National Opera production. Cultural Partners: Italian Institute of Culture, Embassy of Italy. Tickets here: Norma | Irish National Opera In the hauntingly beautiful world of Bellini’s Norma, a Druid high priestess is torn between her sacred vows and forbidden love for an enemy commander. Norma has secretly had two children with her Roman lover, but when […]
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