After the success of this year’s inaugural month-long event, the Italian Cultural Institute and Cinecitta Luce are pleased to announce the return of the Italian Film Festival in March 2012 under the title Cinema Made In Italy. Date: Friday, March 09, 2012 – Friday, March 30, 2012 Venue: Italian Cultural Institute & Cine Lumiere Organised by: Italian Cultural Institue &…
Auguri di Buon Natale con una canzone della grande Mina Io vi vorrei veder tutti felici assieme qui con noi e che dolce festa sarebbe questa un caldo lungo Natale La neve scende giù lenta e in ogni fioco che cadrà un augurio vi porterà Un augurio di felicità E scende giù dal ciel lento, un dolce canto ammaliator che…
The Italians have their woolly scarves and quilted coats out and are rubbing their necks, complaining of my favourite mystery Italian malady “la cervicale”. “Soffro di cervicale (I suffer from cervicale),” they tell me, making it sound particularly serious. Most people over the age of 30 seem to have the condition, but I am still at a loss as…
Antonello Salis & Paolo Angeli & Gavino Murgia- Free Event- Italian Cultural Institute London Date: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 Opening times: 7pm Venue: Italian Cultural Institute Antonello SALIS – piano/accordion Paolo ANGELI – Sardinian guitar/voice Gavino MURGIA – sax/flute/voice The sound of the Salis-Angeli duo is born of a specialized expertise on their instruments, sonically rich and free of anything…
Release date in cinemas in London: December 02, 2011 Directed by Nanni Moretti With Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti, Jerzy Stuhr, More Original title: Habemus Papam Suffering from depression and a feeling of inadequacy, the newly elected pope refuses to appear on the balcony of the Sistine Chapel to assume his role. The faithful, told that the pontiff has retreated into…
Fino al 31 gennaio in programma a Pontedera presso il Museo Piaggio la mostra «Corradino d’Ascanio: Uomo, Genio, Mago, Mito» che esplora la vita e le opere dell’ingegnere abruzzese autore della Vespa. All’interno dell’esposizione sono stati ricostruiti gli ambienti originali dell’epoca anche grazie all’uso della realtà virtuale. Da corriere.it
9 November 2011 – 5 February 2012 Sainsbury Wing-National Gallery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9voMcIEV6I
For centuries, Venice has inspired intellectuals, writers and artists with its ravishing beauty, riches and strangeness. Now, in a major exhibition, fourteen internationally renowned artists have created a series of meaningful and original photographic images of Venice, perhaps the most photographed but seriously threatened city in the world. The resulting images show Venice in all its beauty, but also in…
World-renowned accordionist Richard Galliano and his La Strada Quintet pay tribute to revered film composer, Nino Rota, whose iconic scores include Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and 8½ and Coppola’s The Godfather. To mark Nino Rota’s centenary year, Galliano is joined by two jazz giants – Dave Douglas and John Surman – to reinterpret Rota’s key works playing material from a…
A powerful double bill of two contrasting modern jazz piano stylists. Stefano Bollani & special guest Martial Solal + Marcin Wasilewski Trio 16 November 2011 / 19:30 Barbican Hall Italian ECM maestro Stefano Bollani combines melodic meditation with wild, Zappa-esque exuberance. Read more: barbican.org.uk
