Design and new technologies for a sustainable future
Italian Design Day 2022 On the occasion of the Italian Design Day in the World, the Italian Cultural Institute Sydney and the Italian Trade Agency Sydney are pleased to host a presentation by renowned Architect Luigi Rosselli on the topic “Design and new technologies for a sustainable future”. The event will be a showcase of […]
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Paradisum
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra offers all Istituto Italiano di Cultura members and students a 30% discount* on tickets to Paradisum. Hear the Brandenburg Choir and Orchestra’s magnificent performance of Fauré’s Requiem. Complemented by Paul Dyer’s intimate pasticcio for small choir and period instruments, Paradisum also features works by French Baroque masters, Lully and Rameau. Booking: […]
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A Journey with Dante
A musical expedition from hell to heaven to mark 700 years of Dante Alighieri Queen Victoria Building, Level 1 5.30-6.00 pm & 6.30-7.00 pm To celebrate the conclusion of the celebrations organized around the world on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, the Italian Cultural Institute Sydney & Vicinity […]
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Giorgione after Sydney – research hypothesis
In 2017, on the last page of an edition of Dante’s Divine Comedy printed in 1497 in Venice by Pietro de’ Quarenghi and held at the Sydney University’s Fisher Library, a death notice was discovered in the form of an ink inscription written above a red chalk sketch of the Madonna and child, which could […]
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Europa! Europa Film Festival
This is the 1st edition of the International Film Festival called Europa! Europa whose programming intends to satisfy the growing demand of local audience’s cinema from the Old Continent, witnessed by the various national film festivals in different contexts. The declared purpose of the organizers (Artistic Director T. Caldwell, Executive Festival L. Tamir) is to […]
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Italy’s great (hidden) beauty
History and art in UNESCO World Heritage sites With Dr Kathleen Olive Many of Italy’s World Heritage sites are well known and draw thousands of tourists every year, from the historic centre of Florence to the archaeological site of Pompeii, Leonardo’s Last Supper and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But what of the lesser-known World […]
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Siamo tutti attori!
DUE TO THE ONGOING PANDEMIC SITUATION, THE COURSE IS POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE. Acting course in Italian When we leave Italy we try to take only the essentials with us and the theatre … well, the theatre doesn’t fit in our suitcase! So, with regret, we leave it behind, or we think we do. […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022
With the bill n. 211 of the 2000, the Italian government established the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022. Since then and every year, in Italy and abroad, all the actors of the Sistema Paese commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and of the Nazism. The day on which Soviet troops broke down the gates of […]
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1849-1871. Jews of Rome between segregation and emancipation
Virtual exhibition on the channel “Italiana” An exhibition itinerary and a video project recounting the construction of a unified Italy and the role of the Italian Jewish communities. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Rome as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, the Jewish Community of Rome and the […]
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Bangalow Film Festival 2022
GIVEN THE ONGOING PANDEMIC SITUATION THE FESTIVAL IS POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE. The Bangalow Film Festival returns for the second edition, including in 2022 also Murwillumbah and Lismore, again with the support of the IIC which has always encouraged this interesting initiative in line with the desire to develop the promotion of Italian culture […]
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