Watching a film in Italian, either at home or in class, is one of my students’ favourite activities to improve their language. And who can blame them! Films provide full immersion in Italian culture! Let’s start with the soundtrack. Italy has some truly great film score composers (or ‘maestri‘) who are now almost as famous as their director colleagues. Film…
The Regione Puglia, the Italian Cultural Institute in London and Accademia Apulia UK are honoured to present to the international community ”Home – My Place in the World”, a calendar of Made-in-Puglia events showcased at various prestigious locations in central London. Between 16-21 July 2012 Puglia’s contemporary artistic heritage, culinary tradition and magnificent natural landscapes at the Italian Cultural Institute…
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at the Italian Cultural Institute The CASADEI ORCHESTRA dates back its origins to more than 80 years ago in Emilia Romagna, a region in central Italy renowned for its warm hospitality, genuine cuisine and tourist resorts. In 1972 the Orchestra (thanks to the musician, composer and songwriter RAOUL CASADEI) became famous all over the world with…
Come fare un paragone In italiano quando facciamo un paragone abbiamo due possibilità: di/ che Piero è più alto di Marco. Preferisco più leggere che guardare la tv. La mia camera è più grande della tua. Marco è più bello che intelligente. Normalmente usiamo di quando il paragone è fra due sostantivi (persone o oggetti) > di ( con o senza articolo) Quando il paragone è…
In Italian every noun has a gender and number. The endings change in the plural with few exceptions. Exception 1. All the Italian nouns ending with an accent. For example we don’t change the endings for caffè, università, tiramisù, città… Exception 2. We also don’t change in the plural nouns that originally are not Italian, foreign words like cinema, pub,…
Friday, June 22, 2012 – Sunday, July 15, 2012 10am-8pm Italian Cultural Institute With a history dating back to 1930, Pininfarina is based on values of creativity, experience and innovation without forgetting tradition. It combines avant-garde style and technical solutions aimed at functionality. If Pininfarina is known worldwide for car design, Pininfarina Extra (specializing in product and interior design, architecture,…
This exhibition is the largest ever of Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of the human body. Leonardo has long been recognised as one of the great artists of the Renaissance, but he was also a pioneer in the understanding of human anatomy. He intended to publish his ground-breaking work in a treatise on anatomy, and had he done so his discoveries…
Italian Cinema London presents Nanni Moretti Retrospective Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 April Italian director Nanni Moretti, president of the jury for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, highlights include The Son’s Room, winner of the Palme d’Or in 2001, and The Caiman, inspired by anti-Berlusconi feelings it is believed that this film influenced the outcome of the 2006 Italian General Election. Read…
Sai cosa significa “la vuoi piantare” in italiano ? Studiare una lingua vuol dire conoscere anche le espressioni idiomatiche, i modi di dire. Facciamo pratica: Trova il significato di queste espressioni e poi clicca sul foglio delle risposte. Guarda anche un divertente video di un blogger italiano che immagina che i modi di dire siano veri. La vuoi piantare! Chiedere…
Alberto Burri (1915-1995) revolutionised the artistic vocabulary of the post-war art world. During the 1950s his celebration of humble materials such as sacking and tar created a new aesthetic, rich in expressive power, that was later to prove decisive for artists associated with the Arte Povera movement. Despite his importance, this exhibition is the first major retrospective of the artist’s work to be…
