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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Celebrating Italy. Concert for violin and guitar
Domenico Nordio (violin) and Massimo Scattolin (guitar) On the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the Italian Republic Domenico Nordio is one of the most acclaimed musicians of our time. A student of Corrado Romano and Michèle Auclair, born in Venice in 1971, former child prodigy (he held his first recital when he was only […]
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Celebrating Italy. Recital by violinist Domenico Nordio
On the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the Italian Republic Domenico Nordio is one of the most acclaimed musicians of our time. A student of Corrado Romano and Michèle Auclair, born in Venice in 1971, former child prodigy (he held his first recital when he was only 10), at the age of 16 Domenico […]
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Viola di Grado at the Sydney Writers’ Festival
25-28 May 2017 Italian author Viola Di Grado, who in 2011, when she was only 23, broke into Italian literary world with the novel 70% Acrylic 30% Wool, will take part in three events at the Sydney Writers’ Festival: Viola Di Grado: Hollow Heart 25 May 2017, at 3.00 pmPhilharmonia Studio, Pier 4/5, Hickson Road, […]
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Viola di Grado at the Auckland Writers’ Festival
19-20 May 2017 Italian author Viola Di Grado, who in 2011, when she was only 23, broke into Italian literary world with the novel 70% Acrylic 30% Wool, will take part in two events at the Auckland Writers’ Festival: Strange Happenings 19 May 2017, at 1.00 pmLower NZI Room, Aotea Centre, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland […]
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STABAT MATER by G. Rossini
Presented by the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Stabat Mater is a Catholic hymn to Mary, which originated in the 13th century during the peak of Franciscan devotion to the crucified Jesus, and has been attributed to Pope Innocent III (d. 1216), St. Bonaventure, or more commonly, Jacopone da Todi (1230-1306), who is considered by most to […]
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