Inside Italian Design: Beyond the Glossy Cover Image
3rd Italian Design Day – Sydney Design Festival On the occasion of the 3rd Italian Design Day and of the Sydney Design Festival 2019, the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney has invited Arturo Tedeschi, architect and computational designer based in Milan, to take part in a symposium dedicated to the theme of the 2019 Sydney […]
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VIVA V.E.R.D.I: A Giant of Italian Opera
Lecture series with Murray Dahm (from Opera Bites) Join Murray Dahm for a series of informative and enjoyable lectures exploring the glory of Giuseppe Verdi’s most famous operas. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) is one of the world’s greatest and most revered opera composers. Several of his operas (Nabucco, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Aida, Otello and more) are […]
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Schubertiade #382
Piano recital by duo Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti Presented by the Sydney Schubert Society Inc. The Sydney Schubert Society Inc., in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney, opens its 2019 season with a four hand piano recital by duo Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti, who will present a programme of music by […]
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The Rome Museum of the Mind comes to Sydney: more than static photos and objects
Meeting with Pompeo Martelli (psychiatrist) and Marco Salustri (anthropologist) In collaboration with TheMHS Learning Network and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to host a meeting dedicated to the project of founding a Museum of the Mind in Sydney on the model of the one […]
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Piano recital by duo Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti
The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney is pleased to present a four hand piano recital by duo Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti, who will present a programme of music by Busoni, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Schubert and Barber. Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti’s partnership as a piano duo began in 2013 and immediately received positive acclaim. Winners […]
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Parole e musica (Words and Music)
Lorenzo Santangelo interprets Italian singer-songwriters The Istituto Italiano di cultura is pleased to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a musical evening featuring Roman singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Santangelo and musician and well-known radio journalist Marco Lucchi. Lorenzo and Marco, who will be joined by young Italian singer Ileana Pipitone, will present a program of songs by […]
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Ultimate Renaissance Man
Lecture series to mark the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death Few artists have left so much to posterity as Leonardo da Vinci. 2019 marks the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death near the royal château of Amboise, and museums around the world are gearing up for blockbuster exhibitions to celebrate Leonardo’s vast contributions. The […]
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Natural Indifference
Meeting with poet Italo Testa The cultural season of the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney resumes in 2019 with an evening dedicated to poetry. The occasion is offered by a trip to Australia of Italian poet Italo Testa, who has been invited as Visiting Professor by the University of NSW to coordinate a Philosophy symposium […]
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“Living the Italian way… your own way!”. Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs competition for the realization of a video in collaboration with “Zooppa.com”
As part of the activities related to the promotion of the ‘Sistema Paese’, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with the digital platform “Zooppa.com”, has launched the contest “Vivere all’italiana … your own way!”, aimed at young Italian and foreign creatives. Participants in the competition are invited to create short […]
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Recital by duo Ylenia Cimino (flute) and Pasquale Vitale (guitar)
Vivacissimo Suono Italiano Sydney. Yearly Music Program of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Sydney The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney continues with its series of concerts called Vivacissimo Suono Italian Sydney, a cycle made possible by the collaboration with CIDIM – Italian National Music Committee, an organization founded in 1978 with the aim of […]
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