Italian Playwrights Project – Marco Martinelli
The Italian Playwrights Project has been created and curated by Valeria Orani (Umanism NYC – 369gradi) and Frank Hentschker (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center – Graduate Center CUNY). The project’s goal is to disseminate Italian contemporary writing for the theater in the USA and vice versa. This second edition is dedicated to playwright and director, […]
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Matera Imagined – Round Table
Matera Imagined is a round table discussion in conjunction with the Matera Imagined/Matera Immaginata exhibition, currently on view at the ICI and closing December 18, 2018. The program features one of the photographers whose work is on display at the exhibition, along with scholars in different fields whose work pictures Matera’s unique landscape and history. […]
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Paolo Milano and Renato Poggioli – Exile and Creativity Series
An evening dedicated to Paolo Milano and Renato Poggioli, two Italian intellectuals instrumental in the development of a cultural dialogue between Italy and the United States, particularly in the fields of literature and comparative literature. Paolo Milano came to the United States in 1938 due to the racial laws and remained until 1957; Renato Poggioli, […]
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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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