THE JEWS OF ETHIOPIA UNDER FASCIST RULE
This day focuses on the figure of Taamrat Emmanuel (1888 – 1963) a member of the Beta Israel Community in Ethiopia who, as a young man, was sent to study in France by the Polish Zionist and Orientalist Jacques Faitlovitch. He continued his education at the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano in Florence and went on to […]
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ITALIAN WOMEN WRITERS
BETWEEN JOURNALISM AND LITERATURE Week of Italian language The feminine condition (both contemporary and historical), autobiography, female psychology, and family history and relationships are among the insistent themes of the remarkable number of accomplished women writers active in journalism and literary writing in Italy throughout the 19th and the 20th century. Despite the range and […]
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CRISTIANA PEGORARO IN CONCERT
Week of the Italian Language Acclaimed as one of the most gifted musicians of her generation, Italian-born pianist Cristiana Pegoraro has consistently entertained and enlightened audiences with her inspired performances and original programming. Her skills display great technical and interpretative abilities. Her numerous awards and prizes include the Prague Best of the Year for Classical […]
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ARNOLDO MONDADORI: A PUBLISHER’S MARK ACROSS THE HISTORY OF ITALY
Week Of Italian Language The Mondadori, Italy’s largest publishing group, has a history, as is the case for almost all large industries, closely linked to the life of one man, in this case the “boy printer” Arnoldo Mondadori who in 1907, when he was still very young, began his career as a publisher in Ostiglia, […]
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THE FOUR CORNERS OF PALERMO
Giuseppe di Piazza Week of Italian Language In THE FOUR CORNERS OF PALERMO, Giuseppe Di Piazza uses his real-life experience as a crime reporter to bring to life the second mob war of Palermo. In his newspaper career, Di Piazza covered the murders of over 300 people, many of whom he knew personally: officers, judges, […]
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MEDARDO ROSSO
Medardo Rosso at the Center for Italian Modern Art (October 17, 2014 – June 27, 2015) Medardo Rosso, Ecce Puer in Rosso’s studio on the Boulevard des Batignolles in Paris, 1906. Private Collection. The Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) launches its second season October 17, 2014, with a major installation of sculpture, drawing, and […]
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ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s–60s
ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s–60s, is the first large-scale historical survey in the United States dedicated to the German artists’ group Zero (1957–66) founded by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene and joined in 1961 by Günther Uecker, and ZERO, an international network of like-minded artists from Europe, Japan, and North and South America—including Lucio Fontana, […]
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MARCO BATTAGLIA
Italian music for guitar from the 19th century Concert Italian music for guitar from the 19th centurythe Italian patriot Giuseppe Mazzini’s guitar A concert by Marco Battaglia who will play a 19th century guitar once belonged to Italian Patriot Giuseppe Mazzini. Marco Battaglia was born in 1969 in Milan (Italy) where his high school studies […]
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iTALIAN JAZZ DAYS
Curated by pianist and composer Antonio Ciacca, the live music series Italian Jazz Days showcases the rich heritage of jazz in Italy by presenting Italian and American jazz artists in collaboration at venues throughout New York City from October 1 through October 9, 2011. Originating with the Italian Cultural Institute and produced by TwinsMusic Enterprises, […]
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