Dino Risi – A Film Series
An Homage to the Master of the Comedy Italian Style Saturday, April 22, 2017The Castro Theatre429 Castro Street, San Francisco Luce Cinecittà, in collaboration with The Italian Cultural Institute and Cinema Italia San Francisco presentsDino Risi – A Film Series, featuring four of his most significant movies. A few months after the 100th anniversary of […]
Read more
Marco Fusi | Two Concerts
Marco Fusi is an Italian violinist and violist, and a passionate advocate for the music of our time. Among many collaborations with established and emerging composers, he has recently premiered works by Billone, Scelsi, Sciarrino, Eötvös, Cendo, Ferneyhough. He has performed with Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Alan Gilbert, Beat Furrer, David Robertson, and frequently plays […]
Read more
Terra Sangue Mare
Original compositions and traditional songs infused with Mediterranean warmth and color Join us for an evening of vibrant Italian folk songs played by Terra Sangue Mare, an ensemble created by Michela Musolino and Fabio Turchetti. The grand-daughter of Sicilian immigrants, internationally recognized Italian-American singer Michela Musolino has re-discovered her cultural roots through the study and […]
Read more
Elena Ferrante’s Naples
The first in a series of evenings centered around the theme “Literary Locations,” Elena Ferrante’s Naples will take you to one of the most extraordinary cities in Italy. Beautiful Naples has long held a place in the literary imagination. Writers as diverse as Goethe, Stendhal, Leopardi and Neruda have described its allure. For 21st-century readers, […]
Read more
Andrea Centazzo in Concert
Wednesday, March 22 – 7:30pm Tom’s Place – 3111 Deakin Street, BerkeleyAn evening of ad hoc improv, featuring Andrea Centazzo (percussion), Kyle Bruckmann (oboe), Thomas Dimuzio (electronics), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Ron Heglin (low brass, voice). Thursday, March 23 – 9:00pm The Luggage Store Gallery – 1007 Market Street, San FranciscoAndrea Centazzo, electroacoustic percussion, with Matt […]
Read more
INSULAE – The Everyday Landscapes of Venice
An exhibition by Italian photographer Claudia Corrent, on view March 3-April 7, 2017 Insulae – meaning “Islands” – is a photographic project by Claudia Corrent about the city of Venice and its territory, which investigates the relationship between place and identity. In pursuit of a fresh perspective on the visual topography of the city, Corrent […]
Read more
Bruskers Guitar Duo – Sunday Matinee
Eugenio Polacchini and Matteo Minozzi, the Bruskers Guitar Duo, have been defined “two leading figures in the motley world of guitar” and “a source of inspiration for guitarists”. Molded by the classical (Eugenio) and modern (Matteo) music worlds, they use jazz as a common ground and their repertoire covers traditional jazz standards and soundtracks in […]
Read more
Italy’s Best Modern Reading Experience: Tallone Fine Print Books
On the occasion of the 2017 CODEX Biennial International Book Fair, the Frank V. de Bellis Collection, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco, presents an exhibition of exclusive fine books typeset by hand and letter-press-printed. The opening is from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, on Tuesday, January […]
Read more
Quartetto di Cremona in concert
Founded in 2000 while the members were students at the Accademia Walter Stauffer in Cremona, Italy, The Quartetto di Cremona 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 “one of the […]
Read more
Book presentation: Kabul-Roma (via Delhi)
Book presentation by Andrea Angeli From the sheltered rooms of the Italian foreign ministry to the prisons of Kerala or the NATO base in Heart (Afghanistan) — old and new stories of peacekeeping and international diplomacy are told by Andrea Angeli in his new book “Kabul – Rome. Round trip (via Delhi).” The book recounts […]
Read more