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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TINTORETTO 500
In celebration of the five hundredth anniversary of the artist’s birth, the curators of three Tintoretto-themed exhibitions in the US, discuss the artist’s prolific career and their curatorial choices. Jacopo Tintoretto (1518 – 1594) was one of the preeminent Venetian painters of the sixteenth century, renowned for his monumental narrative scenes and his insightful portraits […]
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Quartetto Noûs Serie Giovani Interpreti Italiani
The first concert of the series “Giovani Interpreti Italiani – Young Italian Performers” features Quartetto Noûs. Formed in 2011, the Quartet has rapidly established itself as one of the most interesting chamber music ensembles of its generation. Its immersive performances are the result of a professional training where the Italian tradition and the most influential […]
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Michelangelo -Endless – Settimana della Lingua Italiana
Film Screening of Michelangelo – Endless, by Emanuele Imbucci. With the participation of the Director. The movie will be in Italian with English subtitles Michelangelo – Endless is the first art movie ever made about the absolute genius of the Renaissance and history of universal art: Michelangelo Buonarroti. Cinema and art’s worlds meet in order […]
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Elsa Morante’s “La Storia”- Settimana della Lingua Italiana
Reading and panel discussion on Elsa Morante’s La Storia. In Italian with English translation. Featuring Giorgio Montefoschi, Angela Borghesi. Moderated by Alessandro Cassin. Reading by Olek Mincer. Organized by Centro Primo Levi and the Italian Cultural Institute on the 80th anniversary of the promulgation of the Racial Laws and the 75th anniversary of the deportation […]
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L’Ape Musicale – Settimana della Lingua Italiana
Performances of Lorenzo Da Ponte’s L’Ape Musicale (The Musical Bee) by the Teatro Lirico of the city of Cagliari L’Ape Musicale (The Musical Bee), Lorenzo Da Ponte’s final libretto and the first Italian opera conceived and staged in the United States, returns to New York 188 years after its debut The famous Venetian man of […]
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A Notebook for Winter – Un Quaderno per l’Inverno
Reading of the first draft of the complete translation of A Notebook for Winter (Un quaderno per l’inverno), under the direction of John Gould Rubin. The play, written by Armando Pirozzi, winner of the 2017 Ubu Award for Best New Italian Play was presented for the first time to an American audience in December 2017, […]
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Exile and Creativity Series – The Artists
The series continues with a panel discussion that explores the experience of two Italian artists: Corrado Cagli and Costantino Nivola, who fled Fascist Italy for America and whose experience of exile became a platform to reflect upon art, cross-fertilization, and creativity. Panelists: Giuliana Altea and Raffaele Bedarida. Costantino Nivola and Corrado Cagli came from […]
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