Duo “Sans Fil”: “Connessioni” Free Concert for Harp and Piano
“Sans fil” is a project born from Angela Tursi and Susanna Curci’s minds: a pianist and a harpist who founded upon a sound and extensive training in classical music a shared desire to experiment and make their musical experience flourish by embracing a range of different artistic and musical styles. Their collaboration started in 2018 […]
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CULTURE NIGHT 2023 – H20:30-21:05 – “Farnesina: Digital Art Experience – Micromapping” – Videoart & music show created by 14 Italian digital art studios
Farnesina Digital Art Experience is a project organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with Bright Festival, for promoting and valuing Italian digital creativity in the world. Its first event was held on December 2019 in Rome, where fourteen among the best Italian digital art studios redesigned the Palazzo della Farnesina using […]
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CULTURE NIGHT 2023 – H19:00-19:40 – PIZZICA dance workshop with Eliana Valentini – Workshop of Folkdances from Southern Italy
Pizzica is a traditional Italian dance for couples from the South of Italy (Salento-Puglia region), although in recent times its solo performance is getting very common, especially on-stage during festivals and celebrations. It is an enjoyable and dynamic couple dance, but it is also a powerful solo performance dance, enriched by its myth and healing history […]
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CULTURE NIGHT 2023 – H18:00-18:40 – “Mandolino Italiano” – Concert for Italian Mandolin with musician Giulio “Julyo” D’Agostino
A journey across several Italian regions through the notes of some traditional Italian folk melodies skillfully played by Julyo and his mandolino CONCERT PROGRAMME 1. Schiarazula Marazula2. San Paolo, protettore delle tarantate (Saint Paul)3. Tarantella Taormina4. la Quadrighia5. Fenesta Vascia6. Michelemma’7. Fateve ‘Nnanze (‘Ndrezzata Dance)8. Tarantella Montemaranese9. La Luna (Calabria)10. La Veneziana (the Venetian Lady)11. […]
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CULTURE NIGHT 2023 – H17:00-17:40 – TAMMURRIATA dance workshop with Eliana Valentini – Workshop of Folkdances from Southern Italy
Tammurriata is a dance from Naples and the area around Vesuvio and takes its name from the drum known as the “tammorra”. This is a large round drum, in a wooden frame in which jagged metal strips are inserted and which vibrate and jangle when played. The dance has a strong and vital connection to the […]
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CULTURE NIGHT 2023 – H17:00-20:00 – Exhibition “IRISH IN ITALY” – Irish Literature and Politics in Italy in the First Half of the 20th Century
“Irish in Italy” exhibition illustrates the complex relationship and interactions between the literary landscape and the political exchanges between the two nations. The concept of Ireland emerges at critical moments in Italy during the first half of the twentieth century, with Irish politics entering national debates and contributing to a better understanding of the specificity […]
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CULTURE NIGHT 2023 – H17:00-20:30 – Screening of 9 Italian short movies – in collaboration with Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio
Nine short films selected by Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio from the most particular and representative works made in Italy during 2021-2022. The short films will be screened in loop from 17:00 to 20:30, in Italian with English subtitles. LIST AND SYNOPSIS OF THE SHORT FILMS: – LA CONFESSIONE (2022) by Giuseppe D’Angella and Simone […]
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23rd WEEK OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD – “A Podcast in Italian” – Competition for University students
From 20th September to 16th October 2023 Students of Italian in Irish universities can participate by recording an audio podcast, max 5 minutes in duration, on the theme of “Italian and Sustainability”. The winners will be premiered in Dublin and interviewed in a radio episode of “Luna Park Dublin FM” during which the podcast will […]
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ONLINE GUIDED TOUR “VENEZIA” IN ENGLISH WITH ARTAWAY
Tuesday 19 September 2023 6.30 pm ONLINE Free booking on ZOOM Come and discover the city of Venice as you have never seen it before. Far from the most visited streets and squares, lies the Castello district, one of the most original and authentic in Venice. During this online guided tour, we will take […]
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LUNEDÌ AL CINEMA LIVE – FREE SCREENING OF THE FILM “HABEMUS PAPAM” BY NANNI MORETTI (2011) ITA SUB ENG
Monday 18 September 2023 at 6pm Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Pavilion Hall The second movie in the Autumn series of “Lunedì al Cinema” will kickstart the “socio-political” line of enquiry, and it will explore by a backward look that will start in 2000s and stretches back to the 60s some themes and characters that […]
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