EuroAsia Shorts 2019: All Countries + USA (Final Night) ** SOLD OUT **
Celebrating 14 years of short films from Europe, Asia, and the United States, presented in Washington, DC EuroAsia Shorts proudly presents an annual week of short films from Europe, Asia, and the United States, screened at embassies and cultural centers throughout Washington, DC. Every night includes a cultural Q&A and discussion with experts, and several […]
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Unexpected Italy – Doctor 3 at Family Theater
Danilo Rea (piano), Enzo Pietropaoli (double bass), and Fabrizio Sferra (drums) make up jazz trio Doctor 3, the three-time winner of Musica Jazz’s Best Italian Jazz Group of the Year. Their daring improvisations and reimagined compositions are influenced by artists ranging from the Beatles to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Righteous Brothers to Sting, […]
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Unexpected Italy – Simona Molinari in concert at Family Theater
Singer-songwriter Simona Molinari is among the most well-loved of the Italian music scene. Molinari has collaborated with world famous artists like Al Jarreau, Gilberto Gil, Peter Cincotti, Andrea Bocelli, Dado Moroni, Danny Diaz, and many more. In Italy, she is best known to the public for the radio hit “In Search of You” and for […]
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Roberto Rossellini: The War Trilogy at the National Gallery of Art
Roberto Rossellini’s films of the 1940s, Roma, città aperta, Paisà, and Germania anno zero – now generally referred to as a trilogy based on the Second World War – took audiences and critics by surprise. The Italian movie industry was completely devastated during the war. Casts, crews, and film stock were hard to find, but Rossellini, who had once […]
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Fare Cinema – Telling a story through Music, a talk by composer Andrea Guerra
As part of “Fare Cinema: the Italian Movie Industry”, an initiative promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, ANICA and AFI, join us for a special talk on movie soundtracks presented by Grammy Award nominated composer, Andrea Guerra. During his […]
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Unexpected Italy – Mario Biondi in concert @ Terrace Theater
With a trademark deep voice reminiscent of Barry White, Isaac Hayes, and Lou Rawls, singer and composer Mario Biondi makes music passionately, while at the same time lighthearted and ironic. Biondi puts a new spin on jazz—his Italian heritage and love of soul music shaping his unique style. Biondi worked as a session singer for […]
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Unexpected Italy – Joe Barbieri in concert
As part of Unexpected Italy, the Festival organized by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC and the Italian Cultural Institute, Italian singer, songwriter and guitarist Joe Barbieri makes his debut in the United States. Any attempt to find a term to define […]
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Joe Barbieri in concert
As part of Unexpected Italy, the Festival organized by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC and the Italian Cultural Institute, Italian singer, songwriter and guitarist Joe Barbieri makes his debut in the United States. Any attempt to find a term to define […]
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Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta: Documentary Presentation and Early Music Concert
During the 15th century, Italian villas witnessed an incredible transformation, going from fortified country houses to places of entertainment and leisure, and in the process, experiencing deep remodeling during this transition. Used to entertain guests and as a retreat from the noise and confusion of the streets and piazzas, these villas often featured gardens emulating […]
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Unexpected Italy – Paolo Angeli: 22.22 Free Radiohead
As part of Unexpected Italy, the Festival organized by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC and the Italian Cultural Institute, Paolo Angeliand his extraordinary extended Sardinian guitar, an instrument larger than a standard guitar and augmented with two banks of sympathetic strings, a set of […]
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