Istituto Di Cultura - Sydney

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...

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...

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...

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 imm...

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...

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 T...

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...

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is pleased to host a lecture-concert with a historical group of the Italian world music scene, Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana, who in April-May 2019 will visit Australia on a tour called Argento (Silver) that aims at celebrating the group’s 25th anniversary. With the scent of the Medit...

Italian world music group Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana presents a concert at Django Bar in Marrickville within its Australian tour Argento (Silver), which aims at celebrating the group’s 25th anniversary. With the scent of the Mediterranean Sea, always a source of inspiration for their music, during their Au...