film > THE MUTE MAN OF SARDINIA (Il muto di Gallura)
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to present a new series of films portraying Sardinia, a region known for its crystal-clear waters and its wild land of priceless beauty. The series opens with the film The Mute Man of Sardinia, directed by Matteo Fresi, set in the mid-nineteenth century in Gallura, the north-eastern area of […]
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International Holocaust Day | TEREZÍN
To commemorate the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, the Italian Cultural Institute presents Gabriele Guidi’s Terezín, the story of Antonio, an Italian clarinetist, and Martina, a Czechoslovak violinist, as they fall in love during the World War II, in Prague. Shortly afterwards, they will be deported to the Terezín concentration camp where their love story is […]
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music > PAOLO ANGELI IN CONCERT in Seattle
JAN 28 | 7:30 PM | Ballard Homestead, Seattle Sardinian guitar innovator Paolo Angeli is a musical conjurer, an artist whose imaginative leaps defy gravity. A composer, ethnomusicologist and instrument builder who draws on his deep knowledge of traditional Sardinian music, he inhabits a timeless zone as a soil-rooted master and brash experimentalist. While suffused with Mediterranean […]
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music > PAOLO ANGELI IN CONCERT in Portland
JAN 27 | 8 PM | Jack London Revue, Portland Sardinian guitar innovator Paolo Angeli is a musical conjurer, an artist whose imaginative leaps defy gravity. A composer, ethnomusicologist and instrument builder who draws on his deep knowledge of traditional Sardinian music, he inhabits a timeless zone as a soil-rooted master and brash experimentalist. While suffused with […]
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music > PAOLO ANGELI IN CONCERT at SFJAZZ
JAN 26 | 7 & 8:30 PM | SFJAZZ Joe Henderson Lab Sardinian guitar innovator Paolo Angeli is a musical conjurer, an artist whose imaginative leaps defy gravity. A composer, ethnomusicologist and instrument builder who draws on his deep knowledge of traditional Sardinian music, he inhabits a timeless zone as a soil-rooted master and brash experimentalist. While […]
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ROBERTO TURRIN: Music & Movies
The Italian Cultural Institute San Francisco, in collaboration with the Da Vinci Society San Francisco and Vi Community, present Maestro Roberto Turrin in a piano recital with music dedicated to the world of cinema. The recital will take place at the University Auditorium of Palo Alto. Free admission | Registration required for the Jan 23rd […]
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art > BOTTICELLI DRAWINGS
The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is pleased to host Furio Rinaldi, curator of the exhibition Botticelli Drawings at the Legion of Honor, the first exhibition ever dedicated to the drawings of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli (ca. 1445 – 1510). During the event, the exclusive video Botticelli: Rythm of the Line will be screened. Bringing […]
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World Day of Italian Cinema | ROBERTO TURRIN: Music & Movies
Celebrate with us World Day of Italian Cinema! For the occasion, Maestro Roberto Turrin will present a piano recital with music dedicated to the world of cinema. The recital will take place at the Brown Music Center, Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford University. Free admission PROGRAM D.Milhaud (1895-1974) L’album de Madame Bovary, op. 128b (1933) M. Castelnuovo Tedesco (1895-1968) Stars – […]
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An Evening of Poetry | MIGRANT WORKER POETS OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA
Libreria Pino, Telegraph Hill Books e Istituto Italiano di Cultura San Francisco presentano una serata di poesia con David Lei in conversazione con Giusi Tamburello, traduttrice e professore associato di Lingua e Letteratura Cinese presso l’Università di Palermo. Letture di Wenxia Lynn Lewis, Yuqi Xiang e Rebekah Gregory. Questo evento avrà luogo presso la Libreria […]
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poetry > Migrant Worker Poets of Contemporary China
Libreria Pino, Telegraph Hill Books and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco present an evening of poetry with David Lei in conversation with Giusi Tamburello, Translator and Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, University of Palermo. Readings by Wenxia Lynn Lewis, Yuqi Xiang, and Rebekah Gregory This event will take place at Libreria Pino, 1501 Grant […]
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