Davide Pozzi – The Goldberg Variations
Italian harpsichordist Davide Pozzi (grace and fluency abounding – Early Music Review) performs J.S. Bach, The Goldberg Variations in a special performance at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura. The concert, co-produced by Salon/Sanctuary Concerts and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, celebrates the release of Mr. Pozzi’s most recent CD of The Goldberg Variations on the […]
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Andrea Commodi: An Obsession with Michelangelo – A Conversation
On the occasion of the closing of the exhibition “The Fall of the Rebel Angels” by Andrea Commodi, the Italian Cultural Institute of New York will host a conversation around the artistic relationship between Michelangelo and Commodi. Speakers: Carmen Bambach – Curator, “Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer”: Metropolitan Museum of Art Elena Carrara – Curator, […]
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Musica Reservata – Mannerism in Music
I Bassifondi Mirko Arnone: Liuto, Colascione Gabriele Miracle: Percussions, Colascione Simone Vallerotonda – Liuto, director Like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, the artists of this short and unique historical period called Mannerism were facing the enormous legacy of three great masters: Leonardo, Raffaello and Michelangelo. Yet the shadow that these huge personalities inevitably […]
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THE FALL OF THE REBEL ANGELS BY ANDREA COMMODI
An Obsession with Michelangelo, The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Andrea Commodi exibition presents Commodi’s Study for The Fall of the Rebel Angels, an exceptional loan from Palazzo Pitti in Florence, together with a number of drawings from the Uffizi’s Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe. This striking and fascinating work introduces Andrea Commodi to an […]
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Memory, Monuments and Community
The second of Reshaping the Past talks: “Memory, Monuments and Community” on the political use of history is a round table on the animated discussion that in recent times has taken place about the presence of monuments that represent a controversial heritage from the past, lke the ones dedicated to C. Columbus, or those dedicated […]
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Michelangelo Antonioni Retrospective
The Museum of Modern Art organizes a retrospective of the late Italian world-famous director. Antonioni (1912–2007), whose fascination with mediated reality only deepened over time, was a restless experimenter with composition, camera movement, cutting, and storytelling. Presented with Luce Cinecittà, Rome, and featuring nearly 40 35mm prints and digital preservations, this first complete retrospective in […]
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Book Presentation:”My Antonioni”
Please join Istituto Luce Cinecittà and the Italian Cultural Institute for the presentation of the book ‘My Antonioni’ edited by Carlo Di Carlo. A selection of writings by Michelangelo Antonioni on cinema and on his works Introduction by David Forgacs , Antonio Monda and Lila Azam Zanganeh. David Forgacs, Professor of Contemporary Italian Studies […]
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Monteverdi at 450: Experiments in Sound, Image, and Movement
With a concert, two discussions, and an exhibition of materials related to Luciano Berio’s “revisitation” of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, a collection now held at the Paul Sacher Foundation (Basel), these two days of events explore Monteverdi’s impact on the music and ideas of the 20th and 21st centuries, and how his work stimulated artists […]
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Reshaping the Past – The Seven “Secrets” of Christopher Columbus
This is the first of two talks -the second will take place in December and will be dedicated to “Memory, Monuments and Community”- on the political use of history. The animated discussion that in recent times has taken place about both the figure of Colombo and the presence of monuments dedicated to the representatives of […]
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MONTEVERDI – Concert
This year marks the 450th anniversary of Claudio Monteverdi’s birth (1567–1643) who is considered one of the most important composers of the early Baroque period of both secular and sacred music, and the pioneer in the development of opera. His music characterizes the end of the Renaissance style and the beginning of Baroque. This year marks […]
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