Ann Goldstein in conversation with Eileen Battersby
In collaboration with Europa Editions Ann Goldstein is an editor at The New Yorker . She has translated works by, among others, Elena Ferrante, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Giacomo Leopardi, and Alessandro Baricco, and is the editor of the Complete Works of Primo Levi in English. She has been the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli […]
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Monday at the Cinema – Signorina Effe
Director: Wilma Labate. With Filippo Timi, Valeria Solarino, Sabrina Impacciatore, Fausto Paravidino, 95’ In Italian with English subtitles The beginning of the twentieth century. Perched on the roof of the Turin factory, the pretty “Miss F” smiles at the latest models of the newborn car manufacturer. In 1980 another pretty “Miss F” (Valeria Solarino) slips […]
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Musical Paths from Puglia to Ireland
The Puglia Music World Festival brings musical projects from Puglia to foreign countries to promote the culture and traditions of the region.Arcopu is the Regional association of choristers from Puglia. Coro Giovanile Pugliese is part of Arcopu and is made up of 35 young singers under the age of 35.Puglia.ie is an Ireland-based company founded […]
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Maria Attanasio, storia e poesia
***EVENT IN ITALIAN*** Incontro con una biscrittoraMaria Attanasio, storia e poesiaModerated by Giuliana Adamo. In Italian A conversation (in Italian) with Maria Attanasio on her work, literature, theatre and poetry. Attanasio is the author of five collections of poetry and six works of historical narrative. An ironic, often visionary, intensely political poet, Attanasio […]
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Award Ceremony – International Composition Competition “Nino Iammarino”
The Mandolin Composition Competition – the “Nino Iammarino” Award – is a high profile music event with the objective of exploring the language of music for mandolin.Young musicians and composers have the opportunity to express themselves in a international and challenging contest. The event will feature musical performances by the winners.In collaboration with Flavour […]
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Translating Anne Enright
Full Price 5 EUR, Concession (Student, retired, unemployed) 3 EUR, Members of the Academy contact info@ria.ie Anne Enright in conversation with four of her European translators To mark the European Day of Languages and International Translation Day, Irish writer Anne Enright will join four of her European translators in a conversation about the translation of […]
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Monday at the Cinema
Director: Giorgio Diritti with Thierry Toscan, Alessandra Agosti, Dario Anghilante, 110’In Italian with English subtitles The aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French professor has settled there with his young wife and their three children to produce goat cheese, in […]
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Gianni Celati: Traduzione, tradizione, riscrittura
***EVENT IN ITALIAN*** A day dedicated to the Italian writer and to his work as a translator. Gianni Celati is one of the major figures of contemporary Italian literature and culture. His works intersect with some of the key moments and figures in recent history and have had a strong influence on successive generations of […]
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Stefano Benni!
Stefano Benni is widely considered one of Italy’s foremost novelists. His trademark mix of biting social satire and magical realism has turned each of his books into a national best-seller. His many novels include: Bar Sport, The Company of Celestini, The Cafe Beneath the Sea, and the remarkably successful Margherita Dolce Vita.Benni is also the […]
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Music and Mathematics in J.S. Bach
With Professor Benedetto Scimemi. Did you know that a melody can be represented as a plane graph where the heights of the notes are plotted as a function of time? If proper geometrical transformations (displacements, reflections etc.) are applied to the graph, a new melody is created, which a clever composer can overimpose to the […]
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