Book Signing Meet-and-Greet: Italian architect Andrea Ponsi
Presenting his book Book San Francisco: A Map of Perceptions In San Francisco – a Map of Perceptions Italian architect Andrea Ponsi reveals a deeply personal look at what it’s like to live and love a city. Having the unique perspective of having been both an insider and an outsider to San Francisco , he […]
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Eternal Traveller: Leonardo’s secret life
Concert and gala dinner A multimedia concert by Andrea Centazzo and dinner party to benefit the Leonardo da Vinci Society presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute. After being inspired by contemporary artists and later by Far Eastern culture, composer/percussionist/video artist Andrea Centazzo found in the subject of Leonardo Da Vinci a new lymph […]
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Video Art: Follow Me
Video installation by five young artists The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is pleased to present FOLLOW ME, video and light installations featuring new works by Italian artists Meris Angioletti, Alessandro Cardinale, Zoè Gruni, Laura Riboli, and Matteo Vinti. The eclectic line-up curated by Katharina Rosenberger, Anna Dusi and Maria Francesca Palmerio brings to […]
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La Cleopatra: a forgotten Venetian opera
Music by Daniele da Castrovillari – Libretto by Giacomo dall’Angelo1662 – Teatro San Angelo – Venezia Ars Minerva is creating a Carnival Series, and will bring Venice to San Francisco every year by reviving a forgotten Venetian opera originally written for the Carnival. Daniele da Castrovillari’s La Cleopatra – lost in the archives of Venice’s […]
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The Dearest Ring in Venice
The Contarini bequest of music manuscripts to the Marciana Library Ars Minerva’s Carnival Series brings Venice to San Francisco every year by reviving a forgotten Venetian opera originally written for the Carnival. This year’s selection is Daniele da Castrovillari’s La Cleopatra, lost in the archives of Venice’s Biblioteca Marciana since its premiere in 1662: a […]
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Pasquale Esposito: PBS documentary and live concert series
Homage to Caruso For lovers of the Italian opera tradition, there is a special treat coming this Spring as world-renowned Italian tenor Pasquale Esposito takes to PBS for his first special on the network in a series of docuconcerts that celebrate Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor. The concert portion, conducted by Renato Serio, was […]
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sfSoundSalonSeries: Marco Fusi
New Italian music for violin and viola Italian new music specialist Marco Fusi visits the Bay Area with a program of contemporary violin and viola works by some of the most innovative Italian composers working today.PROGRAM Pierluigi Billone – ITI.KE.MI. for solo viola (1995) Filippo Perocco – Ruvida per violino con risonatore (2014) Salvatore Sciarrino […]
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Portland: Cinema Italian Style
Masterpieces of Italian neorealism A selection of Italian Neorealist films to complement the Portland Art Museum’s lavish exhibition of postwar Italian fashions, featuring such masters as Antonioni and Fellini and including the classics La Dolce Vita and Roman Holiday. After the Second World War, Italian neo-realism emerged as the most appreciated cinema in the world. […]
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Mario Monicelli: Satires, Capers & Sendups
Half-hidden gems from the king of ‘comedy Italian style’ One of Italian cinema’s greatest secrets is revealed in this nine-film spotlight on director Mario Monicelli, a filmmaker responsible for some of the biggest comic hits that country has ever seen, yet whose name remains criminally unrecognized in the United States. Fresh from a successful New […]
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Taranto: Rudders Adrift
A year in the city: Words and images from the civilization of steel. Book and video presentationEV Group & Salvatore Visone present: Cyop & Kaf Rudders Adrift – Taranto: A year in the city.Words and images from the civilization of steel. A trip down memory lane and a look at what remains of the human […]
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