streaming > Liszt & Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata – A performance by pianist Daniela Roma
In this video, recorded live at the Edwards Auditorium, University of Rhode Island, pianist Daniela Roma interprets Fantasia quasi Sonata by F. Liszt, a piece inspired by the composer’s reading of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Many composers have been inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian literature. Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata (“After […]
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Streaming > Artemis Danza – Ombre
Commemorating the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri‘s death and on the occasion of the 21st Annual Week of Italian Language in the World, Artemis Danza, an Italian modern dance company founded and directed by Monica Casadei, reinterprets select passages from The Divine Comedy. In this three short videos, hauntingly titled Ombre (Shadows), the dancers are the […]
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streaming > Atlas by Niccolò Castelli
Joining the celebrations for the 21st Annual Week of Italian Language in the World, the Embassy of Switzerland in the U.S. dedicates its October 2021 edition of the Swiss Film Club to Atlas, a feature by Niccolò Castelli. The film will be shown with English subtitles. Atlas follow Allegra, a young woman with a passion […]
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streaming > KIDS EURO FEST 2021
Welcome to the 14th edition of the Kids Euro Fest! It’s like taking a trip to Europe – but you don’t need a passport! Organized by the EU Delegation to the United States, KEF is one is one of the largest performing arts festivals for children in America, bringing some of Europe’s most talented […]
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webinar > Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano
Curator Crawford Alexander Mann III presents an online preview of Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano. This splendid exhibition, opening on October 8, 2021 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, is the first comprehensive examination of the American Grand Tour to Venice in the late nineteenth century. The […]
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in person > A Window to Europe: Through Literature and Art
Plain Sight DC and the EU National Institutes of Culture in Washington, DC (EUNIC) are proud to present A Window to Europe: Through Literature and Art, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who will create work in response to eleven books by European writers, as part of […]
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streaming > Magari (If Only) by Ginevra Elkann
Our Cinema Italiano: A Better Way to Stay Home is back with “Magari” (If Only), an heartwarming portrait of childhood and family, which opened the Locarno Film Festival in 2019. Expected tension and unexpected fun arise when three kids of divorced parents visit their unreliable father. The feature debut of filmmaker Ginevra Elkann, based on […]
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in person/streaming > Marco Pignataro Jazzet – Featuring John Patitucci at the 2021 DC Jazz Fest
As part of the 2021 DC Jazz Festival, we are pleased to announce the performance of Italian saxophonist Marco Pignataro and his outstanding “Jazzet” featuring John Patitucci on bass, Alan Pasqua on piano, Cory Pesaturo on accordion, as well as emerging young talent Tyson Jackson on drums. Their evocative and powerful music is a blend […]
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available online > Sciascian lessons in the world
2021 marks the Centenary of the Birth of Leonardo Sciascia, the Italian writer famous for his investigative work on the exploitation and use of power for personal gain. The video below is from the the presentation event (held on Friday, July 23, from 6:00 to 7:00 AM ET, of “Lezioni Sciasciane nel mondo” (Sciascian Lessons […]
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in theater > Beethoven and Bologne: National Symphony Orchestra with Francesca Dego
On July 8 and 9, 2021, Jonathon Heyward makes his Wolf Trap debut conducting the National Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, along with a moving piece by the Kennedy Center’s new Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon. With the support of the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington, DC, Italian violinist Francesca […]
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