Ugo Tognazzi: Tragedies of a Ridiculous Man
In collaboration with Luce Cinecittà, Rome, MoMa celebrates Italian actor Ugo Tognazzi with a retrospective that spans his four-decade long career. The series features 25 of his nearly 150 films, including his unforgettable, award-winning performances in Luciano Salce’s The fascist (1961), Carlo Lizzani’s La vita agra (1964), Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Porcile (1969), Marco Ferreri’s La […]
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Portrait of my Father a conversation with Maria Sole Tognazzi
On the occasion of the retrospective organized by MoMa, in collaboration with Luce Cinecittà, to celebrate the career of the unforgettable Italian actor, director and screenwriter Ugo Tognazzi, the Institute hosts an evening with director Maria Sole Tognazzi (daughter of Ugo) who will talk about her docu-film Portrait of my father, and the presentation of […]
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Chiara Valerio on Natalia Ginzburg’s Caro Michele
A conversation with writer Chiara Valerio who represents Italy at the 2018 edition of The New Literature from Europe Festival (New York 27/29 November). The author will talk about Natalia Ginzburg’s Caro Michele; opening remarks by Alessandro Giammei. Chiara Valerio, born in Scauri (Latina) in 1978, has a doctorate in mathematics from the Federico II […]
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The New Literature from Europe Festival
The New Literature from Europe Festival – Globalization, migration and modern challenges. NLE is New York City’s top European literary festival. Now in its 14th installment, the festival brings together leading and emerging voices from 14 different countries with some of today’s foremost authors, editors and translators to celebrate cultural diversity and heritage, while addressing […]
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Andrea Lucchesini Piano Concert
Andrea Lucchesini, one of the most outstanding Italian pianists of our time, in a recital to celebrate his latest CD Dialogues (Scarlatti & Berio / Schubert & Widmann) released, in September 2018, by the Audite label. Trained under the guidance of Maria Tipo, Andrea Lucchesini garnered international recognition at a very young age when he […]
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Duo Federiciano – Giovani Interpreti Italiani Series
Duo Federiciano, composed of Ferdinando Trematore, violin and Angela Trematore, piano, performs in the third evening of the series. Program: Ildebrando Pizzetti, Tre canti per violino e pianoforte (1924) Ottorino Respighi, Sonata in si minore per violino e pianoforte (1917) Luciano Berio, Sequenza VIII per violino solo (1976) Johannes Brahms, Sonata in sol maggiore per […]
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Matera Imagined/Matera Immaginata
Photos by Piergiorgio Branzi, Esther Bubley, Mario Carbone, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mario Cresci, Marjory Collins, Luigi Ghirri, Emmet Gowin, Fosco Maraini, David Seymour, Augusto Viggiano, Carrie Mae Weems, Dan Weiner, Joseph Williams e Yasmin Vobis. Organized by the American Academy in Rome and presented in the US by the Italian Cultural Institute, this exhibition highlights how […]
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Giorgio Bassani – The Novel of Ferrara
On the occasion of the publication by W. W. Norton & Company of The Novel of Ferrara (il Romanzo di Ferrara) of acclaimed Italian author Giorgio Bassani (1916–2000), a conversation with Judith Thurman, journalist, and author André Aciman. Now published in English for the first time as the unified masterwork Bassani intended, The Novel of Ferrara […]
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Duo Cattarossi-Piccotti Giovani Interpreti Italiani Series
Erica Piccotti, cello and Monica Cattarossi, piano perform in duo for Giovani Interpreti Italiani Series Program: Giuseppe Martucci, Due romanze op. 72 Ottorino Respighi, Adagio con variazioni Ferruccio Busoni, Kultaselle – Variazioni su un tema finlandese Salvatore Sciarrino, Melencolia I Igor Stravinskij, Suite Italienne Monica Cattarossi lives in Milan and works in the field […]
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Pontormo: Miraculous Encounters – A talk
A conversation with Bruce Edelstein and Davide Gasparotto curators of the exhibition Pontormo: Miraculous Encounters, currently at The Morgan Library & Museum, where are on display two of the great painter’s masterpieces: the altarpiece of the Visitation, and the Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap. Bruce Edelstein is Coordinator for Graduate Programs […]
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