Carlo Grante: Masters of High Romanticism II
Carlo Grante, Piano“Masters Of High Romanticism” Concert II – Schumann: The Piano Sonatas The second in a three-concert series, “Masters of High Romanticism,” with each program devoted to a single Romantic-era composer. In this concert, Carlo Grante focuses on “Schumann’s unique contribution to the evolution of sonata-form, expanding it into a journey of heroic proportions.” […]
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A Personal Exploration of Pietrasanta as an International Arts Center
Moderatrice: Anna Mecugni Lecturer University of Pennsylvania and Bryn Mawr College Una Conversazione con Ron Mehlman – artista e scultore A Personal Exploration of Pietrasanta as an International Arts Center, by the sculptor Ron Mehlman, this years winner of the Pietrasanta International Sculpture Prize, “Fratelli Rosselli”. Ron will speak about Pietrasanta and its environs: its […]
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Mythical Dances-including Nino Rota’s Dances from Il Gattopardo (The Leopard)
The program showcases the winners of The Respighi Prize (presented in cooperation with the city of Bologna, Italy). This event features the world premiere of Austrian composer Daniel Muck’s Oraculum Apollonis, and American soprano Stacey Mastrian in Respighi’s Deita Silvane and Richard Strauss’ Morgen. Also on the program is Respighi’s Serenata (from our latest Naxos […]
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Motus Nella Tempesta
Già dalle prime righe dell’opera compare con evidenza una domanda sul potere e la perdita di controllo: chi può governare? O meglio, la sovranità è necessaria? Where is the master? Questa domanda rimbalza fra Gonzalo e il nostromo della nave in balia di onde furenti di fronte alle quali le parole di un capo non […]
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Embroidered Stories Interpreting Women’s Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora
JoAnn Cavallo (Columbia University) Joanna Clapps Herman (Manhattanville College) Edvige Giunta (New Jersey City University)Joseph Sciorra (coeditor) A Book-Presentation with Poem Readings: Phyllis Capello (poet)For Italian immigrants and their descendants, needlework represents a marker of identity, a cultural touchstone as powerful as pasta and Neapolitan music. Out of the artifacts of their memory and imagination, […]
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Social World Film Festival
Cortometraggi New York è la prossima meta del Social in the World, il progetto del Social World Film Festival che porta la manifestazione di Vico Equense dedicata al cinema sociale e ai giovani in giro per il mondo.La mostra internazionale del cinema sociale di Vico Equense sarà ospite per un evento unico presso l’Istituto Italiano […]
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La Bellezza Eataliana
Have you ever dreamt about getting locked in into our store for a night? Your dream is about to come true! On December 7th Eataly will open its doors from 10PM to 1AM for a night celebratingTutte le Cose Belle Italiane(All the Beautiful Italian Things) from food and wine to music. The renowned Teatro Regio […]
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New Literature from Europe 2014 – Crossing Borders: Europe Through the Lens of Time
http://newlitfromeurope.wordpress.com/ at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York Join us for a celebration of the most exciting voices in European Literature today, guided by some of America’s top writers and critics. Come on a European journey through the lens of time that takes us on a murder mystery in France, to Italy on the brink […]
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New Literature from Europe 2014 – Crossing Borders: Europe Through the Lens of Time
http://newlitfromeurope.wordpress.com/ at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York Join us for a celebration of the most exciting voices in European Literature today, guided by some of America’s top writers and critics. Come on a European journey through the lens of time that takes us on a murder mystery in France, to Italy on the brink […]
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LAST MAN STANDING By DAVIDE LONGO
A Book-Presentation with the Author Last Man Standing (Quercus Books 2013) Leonardo is a University Professor and a writer. Once quite famous his life unravelled when he had a sordid affairwith one of his students. His wife left him, taking their daughter. He is a man of Letters and recedes into a quiet lifestyle, watching […]
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