Flying Dreams
Italian Contemporary Art Exhibition The exhibition presents 14 extraordinary graphic works in limited edition, created using copperplate engraving technique (etching, aquatint, drypoint, sugarlift, carborundum), of some among the most representative Italian artists, who have obtained important acknowledgements both at national and international level: Carla Accardi, Piero Pizzi Cannella, Giovanni Frangi, Luca Pignatelli, Matteo Massagrande, Giuseppe […]
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The Corsini Collection
A Window on Renaissance Florence The Corsini Collection is a unique exhibition drawn from one of the last privately owned Italian princely collections in Florence. It includes some of the great masters of Italian Renaissance and Baroque art including Botticelli, Bronzino, Caravaggio and more. The collection has never before left Italy nor has it ever […]
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A Taste of Abruzzo
Cooking class by Andrea Tranchero Introducing the 2nd Week of Italian Cuisine in the World The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to announce the second of a series of cooking classes dedicated to Italian regional cuisine. After Tuscany, introduced by Chef Gabriele Taddeucci, this class is dedicated to the Abruzzo region. The cycle represents an […]
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Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema
The Italian Cultural Institute, after the success of the previous movie cycles Masters of Neorealism: Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica in 2015 and Marcello Mastroianni: Lover and Legend in 2016, is pleased to present a new cycle dedicated to Contemporary Italian Cinema. Once more this year we will open a window on Italy through […]
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Radiosuccessi play Luigi Tenco
Ilaria Crociani and Mirko Guerrini The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to introduce the Radiosuccessi duo: Ilaria Crociani (vocals) and Mirko Guerrini (piano and sax), who will perform a tribute to Luigi Tenco on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his tragic and unexpected death on 27 January 1967. The concert will present a […]
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A Taste of Tuscany
Cooking class by Gabriele Taddeucci Introducing the 2nd Week of Italian Cuisine in the World The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to announce a cycle of monthly cooking classes, each one of them dedicated to a different region of Italy. The cycle will represent an introduction to the 2nd Week of Italian Cuisine in the […]
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Piano Recital by Alberto Firrincieli
Vivacissimo 2017. Yearly music program of the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney The Italian Cultural Institute is proud to introduce the third concert of the Vivacissimo 2017 series with pianist Alberto Firrincieli, who will perform music by Schumann, Brahms and Rubinstein. Alberto Firrincieli is an Italian pianist, harpsichord player, composer and scholar. He is currently full-time […]
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Guitar Recital by Gianfranco Summa
Vivacissimo 2017. Yearly music program of the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney The Italian Cultural Institute is proud to introduce the second concert of the Vivacissimo 2017 series with guitarist Gianfranco Summa, who will perform music by Villa-Lobos, Albeniz, Koshkin, Ponce and Giuliani. Born in Potenza on 10 April 1988, Gianfranco Summa started studying classical […]
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Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema
IT WAS THE SON The Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Sydney, after the success of the previous movie cycles Masters of Neorealism: Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica in 2015 and Marcello Mastroianni: Lover and Legend in 2016, is pleased to present a new cycle dedicated to Contemporary Italian Cinema. Once more this year we […]
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Italian Films at the Sydney Film Festival
The program of the prestigious Sydney Film Festival includes this year three Italian movies: Call Me By Your Name The sumptuous new romance by Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love, SFF 2010) is a sensual story of first love set in the Italian countryside. • Thursday 15 June at 9:30 pm – State Theatre• Saturday 17 […]
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