conference > A conversation with Irene Fenara
April 11, 2024 at 6:ooPM The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington and Transformer presented a conversation with Italian contemporary artist Irene Fenara, included in the New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024 exhibition by the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Curator Victoria Reis, founder of Transformer, explored with Irene Fenara her artistic path, from […]
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music > How I Met Puccini
The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington presents musicians Valentina Ciardelli and Stefano Teani in “How I Met Puccini”, a project with which we celebrate Puccini’s music and poetics a century after his departure. “How I Met Puccini” pays tribute to Giacomo Puccini, renowned as the second most frequently performed Italian composer globally. Puccini hails from a lineage of musicians spanning five […]
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music > “La Rondine” with Washington Concert Opera
The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, in collaboration with Washington Concert Opera (WCO), is pleased to offer an evening with Maestro Antony Walker, WCO Artistic Director & Conductor, as he leads us and Öznur Tülüoğlu, Soprano, Yi Li, Tenor, and David Hanlon, pianist for the evening and WCO Assistant Conductor & Chorus Master, in an evening dedicated to Italian […]
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cinema > “Un Coach Come Padre” by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington invite you to the screening of “Un Coach Come Padre”, a movie written and directed by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory. The film presents the story of a 12 year old boy who becomes one of Italy’s most prominent basketball figures of all time, Sandro Gamba. It narrates the suffering and […]
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design > Compasso d’Oro Career Award Exhibition
Visiting Dates: March (21, 22, 25, and 28), April (3, 5, 8, 12, 15, 17, and 22). Dates subject to change. The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and Associazione Design Industriale, presents “Compasso d’Oro Career Award”, an exhibition born on the occasion of Italian Design Day 2024 with photographs and objects showcasing Italian design […]
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exhibition > Opening of: Italian Design Day 2024 – Compasso d’Oro Career Award
The Embassy of Italy in Washington and the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington invite you to the opening of “Compasso d’Oro alla Carriera – Compasso d’Oro Career Award”, an exhibition promoted and organized by the Associazione Design Industriale. Through photographs and objects, the exhibition highlights designers and products which have won the prestigious Compasso d’Oro […]
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conference> This is What I Live for: an Afro-Italian Hip Hop Memoir – Amir Issaa @ Georgetown University
March 14 @ 5pm The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington and the Department of Italian Studies at Georgetown University are pleased to invite you to the presentation of Afro-Italian Hip Hop artist and writer Amir Issaa‘s new editorial and musical project: “This Is What I Live For: an Afro-Italian Hip Hop Memoir” with Professor Francesco Ciabattoni and Professor Donatella Melucci. Amir Issaa’s bilingual (English/Italian) biography […]
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book tour> This is What I Live for: an Afro-Italian Hip Hop Memoir – Amir Issaa
March 12-18 The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington presents Italian rapper and writer Amir Issaa‘s USA Tour 2024 pt.2 dedicated to his new editorial and musical project: “This Is What I Live For” and starting on March 12! This second tour sees Amir engaged in workshops, meetings and concerts that are a follow up of his engagements in […]
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conference > Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour (Opening Night)
The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington and the Italian Program at the University of Maryland are pleased to invite you to a conversation on film restoration as part of Il Cinema Ritrovato On Tour film festival. This year the festival opens on March 6 with a conversation about film restoration at the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington. The conversation features conservator Céline Stéphanie […]
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cinema > Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour (Festival)
The fourth Mid-Atlantic edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour is scheduled from March 6 to March 10, 2024, across the DMV area, concluding with screenings at the National Gallery of Art. The event is organized by the Italian Program and the Program in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, in partnership […]
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