VALUES, DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION
WELCOME: Riccardo Viale, Director Italian Cultural Institute KEYNOTE STATEMENT on “Convivenza”: Opportunities and Challenges Francesco Avallone, Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology (Former vice Rector, Universita’ della Sapienza, Rome) Rector of the Universita’ Telematica della Sapienza. UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2013: ITS CONTRIBUTION TO CONSENSUS 0BUILDING ON THE VALUE OF DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION. o The […]
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MAX PELLEGRINI
A tale. Max Pellegrini and Italo Cremona Exhibition An exhibition focused on his later paintings, A tale. Max Pellegrini and Italo Cremona will present the last ten years of Max Pellegrini work, mostly previously undisplayed, where we can find an evolution of his poetics, towards a delicate symbolism in which he links literary citations to […]
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Piero della Francesca: Conversations with Keith Christiansen
On the Occasion of the MET Museum Exhibition Opening Lecture Piero della Francesca (1412-1492) was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance, known to contemporaries as a mathematician and geometer as well as an artist, though now he is chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting was characterized by its serene humanism and its use […]
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Julian Gargiulo, Piano
Composer-pianist Julian Gargiulo performs a concert of Beethoven, Chopin, and self-composed works. His latest album is titled No Smoking. Julian is the founder and artistic director of the Water Island Music Festival in the Virgin Islands, as well as author of the column “Mostly Classical” for the Cayman Compass in the Cayman Islands. Performers Julian […]
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L’IINDICE TURNS 30!
Celebrate Italy’s Review of Books Join Robert Silvers and Gian Giacomo Migone for a literary evening with writers, readers and publishers. In partnership with the New York Review of Books L’Indice lands in New York City to celebrate its 30th anniversary with italofiles and book lovers. One of the most respected book magazine in Italy, […]
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CHINA vs. US:Which will be the economic superpower of the 21st Century ?
Round Table On the occasion of the publication of the book “The Eagle and the Butterfly” by Maurizio Molinari the ICI organizes a round table on this very pressing topic: CHINA vs. US, which will be the economic superpower of the 21st Century? Participants: Federico Rampini (La Repubblica) Maurizio Molinari (La Stampa) Introduction by Orville Schell […]
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PEACE ON EARTH (PACEM IN TERRIS) 50 YEARS LATER
Round Table One of the landmark documents of the 20th-century culture of peace is John XXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris. Fifty years after the death of Pope John XXIII – one of the major protagonists of the Twentieth century – the Italian Cultural Institute hosts a round-table to deepen, in the light of the current […]
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OUTSIGHT IN”
Art Exibition and Music Live Performance by Perla Cozzone and Hyo Young Kim with Flo Brown (voice), Jim Piela(saxophone), Ekah Kim(drums) The quartet will present a selection of tunes composed and arranged by the roman Pianist Perla Cozzone Exitroomny is located in the hearth of Bushwick. a few block from Montrose L train stop. Our […]
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EMANUELE DE BIASE CORNELI
Concert To celebrate the year of Italian Culture in the United States, the young Italian violinist Emanuele de Biase Corneli will play a concert on a unique instrument, a 1657 Giovanni Pietro Caspani violin, entrusted to him exceptionally for this concert by luthier Christophe Landon. Program: Bach, Adagio and Fugue from Sonata no. 3 in […]
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ANDREA BOCELLI
Don’t miss your chance to see one of the most recognizable voices in music when Andrea Bocelli comes back to Brooklyn on December 11! Bocelli will be joined by conductor Eugene Kohn, soprano Svetla Vassileva, world-renowned guest vocalist Heather Headley and the New York City Festival Orchestra.
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