Quartetto di Cremona
San Francisco debut The Quartetto di Cremona, founded in 2000 while the members were students at the Accademia Walter Stauffer in Cremona, Italy, is rapidly becoming one of the most interesting and dynamic chamber music ensembles of their generation. The Strad Magazine noted their “extremely mature and lyrical sound”, the Süddeutsche Zeitung described them as […]
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Luca Vullo: the voice of the body
Italian hand gestures, what they mean and how to use them Join us at the IIC San Francisco for an exclusive and interactive live show about the art of Italian hand gestures and body language led by Sicilian filmmaker and artist LUCA VULLO. Visit Luca’s website, www.lucavullo.it. Italians are reputed globally for their gesticulation (as […]
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Meet the author: Michele Cecchini
The author will present his book “Per il bene che ti voglio”. In the late Twenties, Antonio Bevilacqua leaves the environs of Lucca in hopes of an acting career in the off-Broadway theatres of San Francisco. There he comes into contact with the art world which centres on such figures as Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Elegant and […]
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Gianni Trovalusci: Flute & Piano Sunday Matinee
Gianni Trovalusci: flutes; Tania Chen: piano. Join us for a unique matinee of chamber music featuring Gianni Trovalusci on flutes with the partecipation of Tania Chen at the piano. Music by Salvatore Sciarrino, Giacinto Scelsi, John Cage, and others. Hailed by the New York Times for his performances at the recent Electroacoustic Music festival in […]
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Fragile: an exhibition by Marta Dell’Angelo and Summer Lee
A collaboration between the IIC and the Chinese Culture Centre (CCC) of San Francisco Italian artist Marta Dell’Angelo and San Francisco artist Summer Mei Ling Lee’s collaborative exhibition entitled “Fragile” opens at the IIC on Thursday February 18 at 6:00pm, followed by the performance “Pietas” at 7pm at the adjacent Opera Plaza Cinema. 18 February […]
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Rethinking the World in the Age of Chaos
A talk with Federico Rampini As geopolitical instability sweeps the Euro-Mediterranean region, old stereotypes are shattered and new paradoxes emerge, argues renowned Italian journalist, writer and theater author Federico Rampini in his recently published L’Età del Caos, Viaggio nel grande disordine mondiale (The Age of Chaos, a Guided Tour Inside the World Disorder). Italy, for […]
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Orogami: An Orvieto evening in San Francisco
Meet the accomplished goldsmiths of Orvieto Through the golden artistry of international award-winning Orogami, you are invited to join us for an evening celebrating the unique culture and creativity of Orvieto. Hosted by Orogami founders Massimo and Tiziana Aloisio and San Francisco’s Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the event will allow you to experience one of […]
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Genoa: Building a New Future from a Grand Historical Heritage
Meet the Mayor of Genoa Marco Doria, professor of economic history, who will illustrate Genoa’s grand past and his plans to promote the city’s future Come and meet the Mayor of Genoa, Marco Doria, who will visit the Bay Area of San Francisco in the week of Feb 8. In particular, in the evening of […]
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Language, Music, & Meaning
Using language to affect meaning in singing San Francisco Opera Centre Director Sheri Greenawald and Director of Musical Studies Mark Morash are joined by Italian Diction Coach for San Francisco Opera Alessandra Cattani and San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows as they delve into the complex and engaging relationship between music and text, showing how singers […]
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Meet the author: Camilla Baresani
In conversation with the journalist Enrico Deaglio, author of Patria 1978-2008 Camilla Baresani is an Italian writer. The author of novels, essays and pieces for the theatre, she lives in Milan where she teaches creative writing at the IULM University. Her two latest novels are Himalayan Pink Salt (the tale of a double attack suffered […]
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