Lunedì al Cinema // Corti in giro per il mondo – selection of contemporary Italian short films
The Italian Short Film Center, in collaboration with the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, presents a varied selection of original contemporary short films by Italian film-makers. Six of the ten films will be screened at the IIC: Mercurio by Michele Bernardi, Frontiera by Alessandro Di Gregorio, Polvere Sottile by A. Boatto, G. […]
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Corto. Italy and Ireland in a snapshot
A selection of short films combining elements of Irish and Italian culture, presented during the latest edition of the Italian Fusion Festival, the biggest Italian Festival in Europe organised by Radio Dublino (the only Irish Radio programme in Italian). This short film competition has been an integral part of the Italian Fusion Festival since its […]
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Galway Jazz Festival 2019 // Daniele Di Bonaventura
An instrument most often heard in the brash and intense white heat of Argentinian tango, in the hands of Daniele Di Bonaventura the bandoneon is balm, the silk rather than satin, the love poem, seducing and beguiling. We are thrilled to welcome him and the ensemble Band’Union to Ireland for the very first time. Their […]
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Griselda in Focus – by Irish National Opera
Join us for a unique evening of talks and song, in partnership with Irish National Opera, to mark the first ever Irish performance of an opera by Vivaldi, Griselda. Literary historian Eric Haywood (UCD) will explore the extraordinary success of the Griselda story with references ranging from Boccaccio to James Joyce while musicologist Antonio Cascelli […]
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Rossini e il Bel Canto: le opere degli effetti speciali vocali – with George Fleeton
Rossini wrote 39 operas, Donizetti 65, Bellini 10, all innovative and unprecedented (light years away from Mozart), with the emphasis on beauty of sound supported by very refined vocal techniques. These composers dominated Italian opera from the 1810s to the 1840s, until Verdi came along and changed everything again! This captivating talk by George Fleeton […]
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Dublin Theatre Festival // Pasolini’s ‘Salò’ Redubbed – adaptation by Dylan Tighe
A live redubbing of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s controversial 1975 film Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pasolini’s Salò Redubbed daringly transposes Pasolini’s notorious final film to Ireland. This radical adaptation by Dylan Tighe explores the beliefs and values behind ‘coercive confinement’ and their enduring impact on the power relations and injustices of contemporary Ireland. […]
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Concetto La Malfa – More than 30 years in publishing at the service of the Italian community in Ireland
Concetto La Malfa, living in Ireland since 1965, has devoted over three decades to journalism and writing, as a correspondent for the Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport and for the radio station RTL 102.5, covering the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland. He is the founder/editor of Italia Stampa (1983-2014) a periodical for the Italian community […]
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Culture Night 2019 – A night of Italian opera
Culture Night is an annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. On Culture Night, arts and cultural organisations and venues of all shapes and sizes, including the National Cultural Institutions, extend their opening hours to allow for increased access to the public. Special and unique events and workshops are specifically programmed […]
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Suono Italiano 2019 // Eugenio Della Chiara – classical guitar
Born in Pesaro, Italy, at the age of nineteen Eugenio Della Chiara graduated with top marks and honours at the Conservatoire of his home town, under the direction of Giuseppe Ficara. Among his Maestros were Piero Bonaguri, Andrea Dieci and Oscar Ghiglia, with whom he studied at the Chigiana Academy of Siena. Among the prizes […]
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“Leonardo, the gentle genius”: exhibition for the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death
2019 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo Da Vinci, the great Renaissance master and polymath. The exhibition Leonardo. Il genio gentile, created by Stefano Baldi and first launched in the Embassy of Italy in Sofia, provides a captivating overview of Leonardo’s life and works, from the key innovations he introduced in his […]
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